Tubular Lava Helictites.

Posted by Alex in Pictures, Science & Tech on January 14, 2006 at 2:04 am


Dave Bunnell has an awesome site dedicated to caves and lava – this one above is a picture of tubular lava helictites:

Helictites are an eccentric or "vermiform" form of stalactite that twists and turns rather than growing straight up and down. They typically begin as tubular lava stalactites, but crystallization of the emerging lava as it cools pushes the lava in different directions. Often groups of these helictites will bend in the same direction down the passage, suggesting an influence of wind moving through the tube.

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3 comments to "Tubular Lava Helictites."

  1. Profundezas
    January 15th, 2006 at 5:30 am

    I's this refusion stafilites, instead of helictites??

  2. Skippy
    January 16th, 2006 at 2:48 pm

    The Black Chasm cave in California is loaded with Helictites. Here's a few pics:
    http://www.ruama.com/gallery/610668/2/25818160
    http://www.ruama.com/gallery/610668/1/25818136
    http://www.ruama.com/gallery/610668/2/25818139
    http://www.ruama.com/gallery/610668/2/25818150
    http://www.ruama.com/gallery/610668/2/25818157

  3. Alex
    January 19th, 2006 at 12:49 pm

    Cool pics, Skippy - I like how "most of the helictite strands are no thicker than a toothpick."


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