Cross section of a dripstone cave. The picture shows different types of dripstones and similar depositions:
A — Stalactite
B — Soda straws
C — Stalagmites
D — Coned stalagmite
E — Stalagnat or column
F — Drapery
G — (Sinterfahne)
H — Helictites
I — Moonmilk
J — Sinter pool, rimstone
K — Calcite crystals
L — Sinter terrace
M — Karst
N — Body of water
O — Shield
P — Cave clouds
Q — Cave pearls
R — Tower cones
S — Shelfstones
T — Baldacchino canopy
U — Bottlebrush stalactite
V — Conulite
W — Flowstone, the sand underneath it's gone
X — Trays
Y — Calcite rafts
Z — Coralloids
AA — Frostworks
AB — Flowstone
AC — Splattermite
AD — Speleoseismites
AE — Boxworks
AF — Oriented stalactite
AG — Chaos
AH — Popcorn