Usually means: Mineral deposits formed in caves.
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  1. speleothem: Merriam-Webster
  2. speleothem: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. speleothem: Collins English Dictionary
  4. speleothem: Wordnik
  5. speleothem: Wiktionary
  6. speleothem: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. Speleothem: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. speleothem: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words

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  1. speleothem: Encyclopedia

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  1. Archaeology Wordsmith (No longer online)
  2. speleothem: Dictionary of Geology

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  1. CAVE AND KARST TERMINOLOGY (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (speleothem)

▸ noun:  (geology) Any secondary mineral, deposited in a natural cave by the action of water.

Similar:
speleotherm, speleogenesis, calthemite, flowstone, salt cave, stalagmite, stalactite, helictite, anthodite, cave pearl, more...

Types:
stalactite, stalagmite, column, cave pearl, drapery, helictite, sodstraw, cave bacon, more...

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Similar:
speleotherm, speleogenesis, calthemite, flowstone, salt cave, stalagmite, stalactite, helictite, anthodite, cave pearl, more...

Types:
stalactite, stalagmite, column, cave pearl, drapery, helictite, sodstraw, cave bacon, more...



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