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Instructions · What links here · Conulites (talk: + · bio) · (log) · Copyvios report · reFill · Citation Bot · (Search: Google, Wikipedia) · Submitted 17 days ago by Clayman8392 (talk: D · +) · Last edited 11 days ago by 92.18.76.185

A conulite, also called a mud cup, is a type of dripstone that forms when water drips into a soft sediment, both eroding the sediment and depositing calcite.^[1] Because they form in this way when surrounding sediment is washed away, these formations are left standing like ice cream cones stuck in mud.^[2]

Variations

There are two main variations on cave conulites formed in very similar ways but different enough to have their own names.

The first are cave birdbaths, these are low-angle conulites that have a rim around the edge similar to that of a Rimstone dam.

The second are cave fans, these are conulites that are not calcified all the way around their circumference. These formations look like fan coral, hence the name.

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Conulite in Bristol Caverns (glove for scale)
Conulite in Bristol Caverns

References

^ Hill, C A, and Forti, P, (1997). Cave Minerals of the World, (2nd edition). [Huntsville, Alabama: National Speleological Society Inc.] pp. 217, 225
^ Conulites. National Speleological Society. (2023a, October 10). https://caves.org/virtualcave/conulites/

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[1] Hill, C A, and Forti, P, (1997). Cave Minerals of the World, (2nd edition). [Huntsville, Alabama: National Speleological Society Inc.] pp. 217, 225

[2] Conulites. National Speleological Society. (2023a, October 10). https://caves.org/virtualcave/conulites/

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