The upper stage is relieved by a pointed window, of two lights, on each side, the dripstone of each terminating in heads. |
The dripstone sections of their capitals are therefore unnecessary and ridiculous. |
Mineral deposits in dripping water color the wavy dripstone formations, or speleothems, in browns, reds and whites. |
The humid climatic conditions that promote solution production and dripstone formation are readily apparent in such tropical areas. |
Where the deposition of calcite is concentrated along cracks, calcite is deposited as flowstone, or dripstone. |
Features like this are found in caves, where they take the general name of dripstone. |