a thin, stony, curling cave deposit, usually of calcite, slowly formed as tiny water drops emerge from its tip and evaporate
Origin of helictite
from Classical Greek heliktos, rolled, twisted (akin to helix) + -ite, as in stalactitehelictite
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Noun
(plural helictites)
- A speleothem found in limestone caves that changes its axis from the vertical at one or more stages during its growth.
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