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The floor consisted of the same reddish earth, but a thick stalagmitic crust extended for a short distance from a gigantic stalactite at the further end of the cavern.

From Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 2 by Mitchell, Thomas

The stalagmitic floor is 1�, 2, and 2� inches thick.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 508, September 26, 1885 by Various

But the present floor contains no vestiges of breccia fallen from the roof, nor any remains of the stalagmitic crust once adhering to the sides, which are both therefore probably deposited below the present floor.

From Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 2 by Mitchell, Thomas

In the neighborhood of Marsa-el-Forno, there is a stalagmitic cave of a curious and interesting nature, which was discovered so late as 1888.

From The Story of Malta by Ballou, Maturin Murray

The walls are stalagmitic columns in cream color and decked in places with blood-red spots or blotches of Titanic size.

From Cave Regions of the Ozarks and Black Hills by Owen, Luella Agnes