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Definition of Travertine
1. n. A white concretionary form of calcium carbonate, usually hard and semicrystalline. It is deposited from the water of springs or streams holding lime in solution. Extensive deposits exist at Tivoli, near Rome.
Definition of Travertine
1. Noun. (minerology) Any of several light, porous forms of calcite deposited from solution; found most often as stalactites and stalagmites. ¹
2. Noun. A similar form of limestone used as a facing material in building. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Travertine
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Literary usage of Travertine
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society by Cambridge Philosophical Society (1898)
"The following communications were made to the Society : (1) Exhibition of a
curious specimen of travertine, lining a K-ooden pipe. By Professor T. McK. ..."
2. Bulletin by Geological Survey of Western Australia (1913)
"(d) travertine.—Lying on top of the greenstones—and more especially of those
referred to above as the Older Greenstone Series —is a surface deposit of ..."
3. Report of the Annual Meeting (1876)
"Various traditions connected with this rock were also noted, and specimens exhibited.
tuff varies from n soft porous nature to a hard ringing travertine, ..."
4. Papers of the British School at Rome by British School at Rome (1906)
"The walls of this chamber are finely faced with blocks of travertine, and the
moulding of the door and the cornice of the impost of the domed roof are very ..."
5. The American Geologist by Newton Horace Winchell (1891)
"Formation of travertine and Siliceous Sinter by the Vegetation of Hot Springs.
... but at only one locality are they known to be depositing travertine, ..."
6. Travels in Lycia, Milyas, and the Cibyratis: In Company with the Late Rev. E by Thomas Abel Brimage Spratt, Edward Forbes (1847)
"We found the base of one of these cliffs near Adalia to consist of a marly
sandstone, apparently of a different origin from the super-imposed travertine. ..."
7. What Rome was Built with: A Description of the Stones Employed in Ancient by Mary Winearls Porter (1907)
"... or travertine, deposited by running streams and springs. This calcareous
deposit 'is laid open in sections ..."
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