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What compounds form stalactites and stalagmites?

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Calcium Carbonate

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Which of the following compounds forms stalactites and stalagmites?
calcium carbonate
How do stalactites and stalagmites form?
Stalagmites form when water from the stalactite drips down water and that water has minerals in it
What forms first a stalactite or stalagmite?
stalagmite
What is the process that forms stalactites and stalagmites?
Well, where limestone is on the ceiling of a cave, it drips. This forms stalactites. The stalactites drip the calcium bicarbonate in water to the floor of the cave into a plie. That forms...
Where are stalactites stalagmites and pillars most likely to form?
Within caves in carbonate rocks.

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