Forms up from the floor where mineral-laden water drips from above, generally beneath a stalactite In contrast to the pointed tips or carrot-shaped stalactites, the tops of the stalagmites are blunt or rounded
A stalagmite is a long piece of rock which sticks up from the floor of a cave. Stalagmites are formed by the slow dropping of water containing the mineral lime. a sharp pointed object coming up from the floor of a cave, formed by drops from a stalactite (stalagmites, from stalagma or stalagmos )
A deposit more or less resembling an inverted stalactite, formed by calcareous water dropping on the floors of caverns; hence, a similar deposit of other material
a cylinder of calcium carbonate projecting upward from the floor of a limestone cave
A cone-shaped mineral deposit that forms on the floor of a cave and is usually made up of travertine, which precipitates as water rich in dissolved limestone drips down from the cave's ceiling See also stalactite
Calcite mineral deposit growing upwards as water containing Calcium Bicarbonate evaporates on it, depositing calcium carbonate
A speleothem built up from a floor by water dripping from above It will commonly have a matching stalactite above, and the two may eventually join to form a column