noun
definition
A secondary layered mineral deposit of calcite or other mineral, formed by water flowing down the walls and along the floor of a cave.
Examples of flowstone in a Sentence
The stream was cold and the passage low and gravel floored, with occasional avens containing loosely cemented fill and old flowstone.
At the point of entry, a flowstone cascade on the left marks the climb up in to an adjacent aven.
All routes out of the chamber are blocked by flowstone.
The walls are covered by richly colored flowstone and the chamber at the bottom also has some good stalactites.
A river of pure white flowstone runs along the floor.
We came out through Cwm Dwr which had some beautiful pristine white flowstone that nobody remembered seeing before.
The formations started immediately at the entrance, huge stalagmites 40 to 50 foot high, massive flowstone.