Mercer Caverns Gallery:
Speleothems
"Speleothems" are cave "decorations" formed by the precipitation of minerals from water. The majority of the formations in the Caverns are Speleothems. The term is derived from the Greek
speleos
for caves and
thema
meaning deposit.
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