This is an interesting and spectacular account of unusual salt stalactites and stalagmites in an cave in Western Australia (#OpenAccess):

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2026.110444

I particularly like the occurrence of the amazingly rare 🤩 calcium iodate🤩 mineral lautarite in these mineral assemblages 🕺 💃

#Geology #Mineralogy #Caves #Speleothems