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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A few that remain protrude from the side and top, synthetic stalactites in a cavern of the sea.
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And sometimes columns are formed when stalactites and stalagmites meet and join together.
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If the straw becomes blocked, the water flows down the outside, building up the calcite and forming tapering stalactites.
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In another, stalactites reached down to the floor and they walked through a forest of pillars.
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Jewel-tipped stalactites hung from the cavern roof, aglow like many little lamps.
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Ruth clung to him as her wide eyes drank in the nightmare splendour of the illuminated stalagmites and stalactites.
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Travellers who come to view the stalactites without guides often become disoriented.