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(a) TEM image of a flocculate in cave dripwater containing aluminosilicates and iron oxides reproduced from Hartland et al.27 (b) SEM image of the surface of a stalagmite with a columnar fabric reproduced from Frisia et al.1 (c) cross-section of experimental stalagmite.
