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stalactite

elongated mineral formation which hangs down from a cave ceiling
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stalactite

Summary

stalactite ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (845 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • stalactite is a type of dripstone[2].
  • stalactite's Commons category is recorded as Stalactites[3].
  • stalactite is the opposite of stalagmite[4].
  • stalactite's described by source is recorded as Encyclopedia of Armenian Nature[5].
  • stalactite's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[6].
  • stalactite's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[7].
  • stalactite's exact match is recorded as http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000331[8].

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Definition and Type

stalactite is a type of dripstone[2]. stalactite is the opposite of stalagmite[4].

Why It Matters

stalactite ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (845 views/month).[1] stalactite has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] stalactite is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . Environment Ontology. Retrieved . raw.githubusercontent.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 25d ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-07-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14470 → Objects/Stalactite
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P14470]]: Objects/Stalactite, Adding missing [[P:P14470|P14470]] and [[P:P9675|P9675]] qualifier based on [[P:P5247|P5247]]"
  2. 27d ago · Putnik · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija id → stalaktitai
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P7666]]: stalaktitai"
  3. 5w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    Described by source → Encyclopedia of Armenian Nature, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
    Subclass of → dripstone
    Opposite of → stalagmite
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
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