Stunning, 8.8" Calcite Stalactite Formation - Morocco

This is a truly beautiful specimen of calcite stalactitic formations. The calcite looks to have coated iron rich mineral projections from the slanted ceiling of a cave, leaving the crystal coated matrix with a web-like appearance. The location of removal from the cave wall leaves a nearly perfect base for display, allowing both calcite coated sides of the specimen visible, while hiding what little red-orange matrix remained

Stalactites form when water, seeping through rock, reaches an opening such as a cave or tunnel. Once this mineral-rich water (calcite in this case) precipitates out of the rock wall/ceiling, it leaves behind a crystal as the precipitate builds with each drop of water.

Stalagmites are likely to form from this process as those drops land on a cave floor, since the drops from the ceiling will still contain high mineral content. As long as water keeps flowing, it will continue to precipitate into stalactites and stalagmites.
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DETAILS
SPECIES
Calcite
LOCATION
Morocco
SIZE
8.8" long, 4.5" wide, 6.7" tall
CATEGORY
ITEM
#41787