calc-sintern.
/ˈkalkˈsɪntə/ Mineralogy.
A hard crystalline deposit from springs which hold carbonate of lime in solution.
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1823 W. Buckland Reliq. Diluvianæ 115 Firmly cemented together by stalagmitic infiltrations of calc-sinter.
1830 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. I. 200 One of these springs..has formed, by its incrustations, an elevated mound of solid travertin, or calc-sinter.
1850 J. Leitch tr. K. O. Müller Ancient Art (new ed.) §268. 300 In Greece..tufa and calc-sinter..were also employed.
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