Assertion: cave's stalactite | /r/HasProperty | formed
Facets:
value: on the ceilings of caves
type: LOCATION
value: from mineral deposits
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: Stalactites are formed as water drips through a crack in the cave ceiling and leaves a small amount of calcite behind.
text: Stalactites are also formations that grow downwards from the cave roof.
text: Stalactites hang from the ceiling of a cave and are formed from mineral deposits left behind from slowly dripping water.
text: Above these lakes there are hanging stalactites - stalactites are formed when water containing calcium bicarbonate drips from the ceiling of a limestone cave.
text: The ring grows downward at constant diameter as more material is deposited until a slender tube of calcite known as a soda straw stalactite is formed.
text: Stalactites are the formations on the ceilings of caves that look like icicles, created when the carbon dioxide in the water seeping through cracks escapes into the air and the calcite precipitates.