stalactite. (mining) | Wisconsin Historical Society

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stalactite. (mining)

stalactite. (mining) | Wisconsin Historical Society

Concreted corbonate of lime, hanging from the roofs of caves, and like icicles in form.

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[Source: "Glossary of Miners'&Mineral Terms" in St. John, John R. A True Description of the Lake Superior Country ... (New York, W. H. Graham, 1846).]