The upper stage is relieved by a pointed window, of two lights, on each side, the dripstone of each terminating in heads. |
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Features like this are found in caves, where they take the general name of dripstone. |
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Where the deposition of calcite is concentrated along cracks, calcite is deposited as flowstone, or dripstone. |
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An inspection of this end shows it to be pierced by three plain lancet windows with no dripstone. |
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The set-designer August Dirigl created the artificial dripstone cave, which originally had coloured lighting and a waterfall. |
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Mineral deposits in dripping water color the wavy dripstone formations, or speleothems, in browns, reds and whites. |
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The designs on the lower part of the structure are somewhat formal, but the upper part is a free-form mix of geodes, dripstone, and what appear to be inverted stalactites. |
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The humid climatic conditions that promote solution production and dripstone formation are readily apparent in such tropical areas. |
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At the entrance to the famous dripstone caves there is a museum, which gives an insight into the history and the development of cave exploration in Switzerland. |
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More than 40 million visitors from all over the world have so far been drawn to what is Germany's largest and probably most attractive dripstone cave, the Atta cave. |
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The acid-charged mud eroded the dripstone and altered its shape. |
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Internationally renowned artists Gerda Steiner and Jörg Lenzlinger from Zurich cultivate artificial plants and crystalline dripstone formations out of industrially produced urea. |
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St. Beatus-Caves: impressive, illuminated dripstone caves with museum, St. Beatus' cell, prehistoric settlement, dragon slide and other attractions. |
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A scenic pilgrims' path leads in around 75-90 minutes from the Merligen boat landing stage to the entrance of the St. Beatus Caves with their stunning dripstone formations, caverns and waterfalls. |
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In 1986, cave explorers discovered a further, previously completely unknown part of the Atta cave: a 5,000 metre long labyrinth of extraordinary bizarre dripstone formations. |
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Rock formations made from dripping water are called dripstone. |
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Marengo Cave in Marengo has the Dripstone Trail, with huge corridors of slender totem pole stalagmites. |
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It will be built on the Dripstone Middle School grounds and will enable the two schools to link more closely with Vocational Education and Training programs and facilities. |
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