Across
- 2. when a sheet of the ceiling shears off and forms large piles of rubble
- 5. smooth, ripply formations that hang from the ceiling
- 11. thin, cylindrical, hollow formations which drip water
- 12. a hollow rock filled with crystalline features
- 13. a spire that grows from the ground from water dripping
- 14. cave icicle
- 16. a circular passage created from lots of high pressure water
Down
- 1. small formations on the walls which will rip your pants
- 3. calcite and other minerals form pools; try to walk in the middle of these formations, not along the rim
- 4. sheetlike formations that form from constant running water
- 6. round formations found in depressions (especially in rimstone dams) that resemble the semi-precious minerals found in oysters
- 7. the official name for large calcium crystals
- 8. formations that go from the cave ceiling to the cave floor
- 9. a solid substance with a highly ordered microscopic structure and tends to sparkle
- 10. when a stalactite decides that gravity doesn’t exist and instead spirals or changes direction
- 15. the cast of long dead creatures that dot the cave walls