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===Fracture=== Fracture caves are formed when layers of more soluble minerals, such as gypsum, dissolve out from between layers of less soluble rock. These rocks fracture and collapse in blocks of stone.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Mörner|first1=Nils-Axel|last2=Sjöberg|first2=Rabbe|date=September 2018|title=Merging the concepts of pseudokarst and paleoseismicity in Sweden: A unified theory on the formation of fractures, fracture caves, and angular block heape|journal=International Journal of Speleology|volume=47|issue=3|pages=393–405|doi=10.5038/1827-806X.47.3.2225|issn=0392-6672|doi-access=free}}</ref>
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