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flowstone

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flow·stone  (flstn)
n.
A layered deposit of calcium carbonate on rock where water has flowed or dripped, as on the walls of a cave.


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Just as easily, it could have been stumbled upon by hooligans desirous of bagging a goofy stalagmite for the mantelpiece, or of leaving behind a girlfriend's name etched into centuries-old flowstone ooze.
381), but also in caves on dripstone and flowstone speleothems composed of calcite, epsomite, goethite, and even mud.
The room shimmers with brilliant red flowstone colored by traces of iron and pure white calcium carbonate formations.
 
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