a. rare. [f. STALACTITE + -(I)FORM.] = STALACTIFORM.

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1805.  Withering, trans. Werner’s Ext. Char. Fossils, 255. Stalactitiform (tropfsteinartig).

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1823.  W. Phillips, Introd. Min. (ed. 3), p. xcv. Stalactitiform minerals greatly resemble icicles in shape.

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