Anthodites (Greek, anthos, `flower”, -ode, adjectival combining form, -ite adjectival suffix) are speleothems (cave formations) composed of long needle-like crystals situated in clusters which radiate outward from a common base. The `needles` may be quill-like or feathery. Most anthodites are made of the mineral aragonite (a variety of calci...
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(from the article `cave`) ...central canal and grow in long tubular forms. They twist and turn in all directions, however, and are not guided by the gravitational pull on ...
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