That cave formations is 1. secondary mineral deposits formed by the accumulation, dripping, or flowing of water in a cave [10]. 2. unsatisfactory term used to include all varieties of calcite, gypsum and other, rarer, mineral cave deposits; therefore a synonym for the equally unwieldly speleothem or the colloquial term 'stall' [9]. see also sinter; speleothem.?
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