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Definition of Travertines
1. travertine [n] - See also: travertine
Lexicographical Neighbors of Travertines
Literary usage of Travertines
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Stones for Building and Decoration by George Perkins Merrill (1908)
"(4) THE ONYX MARBLES, OR travertines.f Under the name of onyx, or onyx marble,
two quite distinct types of rock are included, both consisting essentially of ..."
2. The Anthropological Review by Anthropological Society of London (1863)
""Very recently Mr. Penzi, of Rome, found in the travertines of Tivoli and Monticelli
human ... "In conclusion, the deposits of the travertines and tufas, ..."
3. History and Uses of Limestones and Marbles by Sarah Maria Burnham (1883)
"Interstratified with these travertines, are found beds of fine, granular limestone
with ... Besides these travertines and limestones, there occurs at Point ..."
4. Marble and Marble Working: A Handbook for Architects, Sculptors, Marble by William George Renwick (1909)
"travertines.—This description applies to the varieties known as onyx marbles.
travertines have, when polished, a hard, glassy face, and are in many cases ..."
5. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences by New York Academy of Sciences (1916)
"travertines of 42. Langensalza (Erfurt) In central Germany. Caves of the 43.
Island of Malta, 44. Island of Crete, 46. Island of Cyprus. ..."
6. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1896)
"The oolites should also be excluded from this classification, although in their
manner of formation these more nearly approach the true travertines. ..."
7. Men of the Old Stone Age: Their Environment, Life and Art by Henry Fairfield Osborn (1915)
"... travertines of the Ilm and of other parts of central Germany were due to
wide-spread volcanic disturbances and eruptions, accompanied by the deposition ..."
8. Abstracts of the Eighth International Conference on Geochronology by Marvin A. Lanphere, G. Brent Dalrymple, Brent D. Turrin (1994)
"U-SERIES DATING OF SPELEOTHEMS AND travertines FROM ESINO RIVER VALLEY (CENTRAL
... Speleothems and travertines have also provided valuable paleoclimatic ..."
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