Definition
flowstone - a deposit formed from thin films or trickles of water over floors or walls, usually of calcite. cf. travertine.
Gillieson, 1996
Various forms of flowstone are the result of dripping, running, trickling, trapped, condensed water etc. It is secreted from water flowing down the walls or the floor in layers, creating coatings, waterfalls and canopies.
Knez and Slabe, 2016
Flowstone is a general term referring to a deposit formed from thin films or trickles of water, the minerals are usually calcium carbonate and encrust floors or walls.
N.N.
flowstone : Deposits of calcium carbonate, gypsum, and other mineral matter which have accumulated on the walls or floors of caves at places where water trickles or flows over the rock. See also dripstone.
Monroe, 1970
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| CAUSE | Deposits |
| Calcium carbonate | |
| formed from thin films or trickles of water | |
| are the result of dripping | |
| FORM | running |
| COMPOSITION | of calcium carbonate |
| commonly refers to the rock in stalactites | |
| minerals are usually calcium carbonate | |
| usually of calcite | |
| in some places composed of aragonite or gypsum | |
| FUNCTION | on the walls or floors of caves |
| deposited from water dripping from the ceiling or wall of a cave or from the overhanging edge of a rock shelter | |
| trickling |