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What is a dripstone?

What is a dripstone? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (architecture) A protective moulding over a door or window that allows rain to drip away from the structure
  2. (geology) stalactites and stalagmites collectively
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The set-designer August Dirigl created the artificial dripstone cave, which originally had coloured lighting and a waterfall.
Features like this are found in caves, where they take the general name of dripstone.
An inspection of this end shows it to be pierced by three plain lancet windows with no dripstone.
The humid climatic conditions that promote solution production and dripstone formation are readily apparent in such tropical areas.
In the above-mentioned wall is an Early English doorway, with a dripstone adorned with the nailhead moulding.
Mineral deposits in dripping water color the wavy dripstone formations, or speleothems, in browns, reds and whites.

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