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  1. n. Stone formation made up of calcite and other minerals that build up in cave pools.

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  • “And on the far shore a creature that raised its dripping mouth from the rimstone pool and stared into the light with eyes dead white and sightless as the eggs of spiders.”

    The Scarecrow-in-the-Desert Effect

  • “Water dripped from stalactites into shallow rimstone pools.”

    The Time of the Transference

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  • hernesheir (n): A common variety of speleothem, which is calcite deposited by pooled water into a series of small rims or dams, usually on a cave floor. Jan 15, 2009

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