Of the genuineness of these paintings and sculptures there can be no question, from the fact that some are partly glazed over and some half obliterated by stalagmitic deposits.
There are, however, some dripping caverns incrusted with stalagmitic deposit.
Sir Joseph Banks, in the description which he has given us of the cave of Staffa, says, that "between the angles a yellow stalagmitic matter has exuded, which seemed to define the angles precisely.
Another important feature in caverns is the stalagmitic covering with which the bone deposit is so frequently sealed up or converted into a breccia.
The rate of deposit of stalagmitic matter varies so much with different conditions, that its thickness affords no true criterion of the length of time during which it has accumulated.
It was found in a recess beneath a projecting bed of limestone, in situ, but sealed in beneath a thick mass of stalagmitic breccia.
In the Robin Hood Cave a stalagmitic breccia lay above the cave-earth.
One of the most singular examples of the recent growth of stalagmitic limestone in caves and fissures is that described by Mr. R.
But the present floor contains no vestiges of breccia fallen from the roof, nor any remains of the stalagmitic crust once adhering to the sides, which are both therefore probably deposited below the present floor.
We dug into this deposit also, but discovered no pebbles or organic fragments; but at the depth of two and a half feet met with another stalagmitic layer which was not penetrated.
It is difficult to conceive how the mass of red earth and stalagmitic floors could be displaced, except by a subsidence in the original floor of the cave.
That this cave had been enlarged by a partial sinking of the floor is not improbable, as broken stalagmitic columns, and pillars like broken shafts, once probably in contact with the roof, are still apparent.
The floor consisted of the same reddish earth, but a thick stalagmitic crust extended for a short distance from a gigantic stalactite at the further end of the cavern.
Of particular interest is the presence of patches or ledges of an old stalagmitic floor, three to four feet above the present floor.
Remnants (in situ) of an old stalagmiticfloor about nine inches thick.
In one corner a ladder conducts to a cavity, at the back of which is a stalagmitic incrustation three feet high, of a livid hue, rudely representing a human torso.
Stalagmitic floor from six to twelve or fifteen inches in thickness.
Near the exit is a marvellous grotto, at the entrance to which is a massive stalagmitic pillar, five feet in diameter, meeting the end of a stalactite about 15 feet long.
An enormous mass of formation droops from the ceiling to the summit of a stalagmitic mound upon which it rests.
To the left is a broken column, which at one time was sound from the floor to the roof, but which has been fractured apparently by the sinking of the rock on which the stalagmitic portion rests.
The stalagmitic part of the pillar ends at about the centre of the column, and is out of the perpendicular, like the leaning tower of Pisa.
Near to the Queen's Statue is another notable stalagmitic object, formed in three sections, indicating periods of rest between.
There is also a very remarkable stalagmitic formation which resembles a wax candle burning before a shrine of Purity.
Among other stalagmitic marbles, mention may be made of the well-known Gibraltar stone, which is often worked into models of cannon and other ornamental objects.
The brown and yellow colours which stalagmitic marbles usually present are due to the presence of oxide of iron.
One of the most beautiful stalagmitic rocks is the so-called onyx marble of Algeria.
Many marbles which are prized for the variegated patterns they display owe these patterns to their formation in concentric zones--such marbles being in fact stalagmitic deposits of carbonate of lime, sometimes consisting of aragonite.
A richly tinted stalagmitic stone worked in California is known as Californian marble.
The walls arestalagmitic columns in cream color and decked in places with blood-red spots or blotches of Titanic size.
Sampson's Palace is the next room in order: here we see some stalagmitic water formation on the left wall and the ceiling is one of the most beautiful yet seen on the trip.
Leaving it and continuing the ascent, the top of the Throne is soon reached and is about twenty feet across; and from several points still higher, rise stalagmitic spires.
On the left you are suddenly confronted by a stalagmiticformation so large and so grand that all others are dwarfed into insignificance.
Pop-corn, therefore, is the globular aragonite of the stalagmitic variety.
This stalagmitic mass bears the name of oriental alabaster, when it is reddish-yellow with distinct zones, and is susceptible of a fine polish.
The longer the period, therefore, we allow for the migration from the East and the dying out of civilized life, the shorter is the period left for the stalagmitic formation.
Over the lower portions have been formed in succession three solid stalagmitic floors, remnants of which have quite lately been discovered still imbedded in the cavern[52].
A stalagmitic calcite of a beautiful purple colour, from Reichelsdorf in Hesse, is coloured by cobalt.
The extreme wall of the cavern was completely covered by a layer of stalagmitic material, and some of the forms the substance assumed were sufficiently striking.
The percolation of rain-water has consolidated parts of these beds into a solid rock, and has formed masses of dark brown, stalagmitic limestone.
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