Where a stalagmite is fed by a substantial amount of long-lived stored water, candlestick-shaped stalagmites may result: this stored water means that these stalagmites may have a damped influence ...

These are stalagmites and stalactites. They are also the result of water seeping through limestone, which is made of calcium carbonate. The calcium carbonate is dissolved in the water as it seeps ...

But some breakages deep within date back 8,000 years. A broken stalagmite can regrow, as long as it has a steady supply of water. The water deposits minerals on the rock, which accretes or gets ...