Calcite (Inventory)/Flowstone

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The Flowstone field of the Calcite section should record any observation of flowstone that is not some other more specific speleothem.

Flowstone is one of the most common of speleothem types and exhibits as cascading sheets of calcite flowing over obstructions like a frozen waterfall. It is deposited when water flows in thin films.

Flowstone can vary in both size and color. The color varieties can be great and can be in complex, multicolored combinations. Color combinations can include: white, cream, yellow, orange, red, carmel and even black. Flowstone can exhibit a velvetine texture or be very smooth. It may be dry or moist. It may exhibit on the walls, cascading out of high leads or on the floor. Often other speleothem types exhibit where flowstone is found.

Gallery

Black flowstone	Velvetine textured flowstone
Flowstone on a wall

See also

• Conservation Flowstone
• Surface Moisture

References

• Hill, Carol; Paolo Forti (1997) Cave Minerals of the World (Second Edition ed.) National Speleological Society pp 70-72 ISBN: 1-879961-07-5
• Palmer, Arthur N. (2007) Cave Geology CAVE BOOKS, Dayton, OH pp 280-281 ISBN-13: 978-0-939748-66-2, ISBN-10: 0-939748-66-5

Calcite (Inventory)/Flowstone is a part of the cave inventory project.