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Stalactitic

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sta·lac·tite  (st-lktt, stlk-)
n.
An icicle-shaped mineral deposit, usually calcite or aragonite, hanging from the roof of a cavern, formed from the dripping of mineral-rich water.
[New Latin stalactts, from Greek stalaktos, dripping, from stalassein, stalak-, to drip.]
sta·lacti·form adj.
stalac·titic (stlk-ttk, st-lk-) adj.


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Below some small masses of guano at Ascension, and on the Abrolhos Islets, I found certain stalactitic branching bodies, formed apparently in the same manner as the thin white coating on these rocks.
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