travertine
/ˈtravətɪn
/noun [mass noun]
White or light-coloured calcareous rock deposited from mineral springs, used in building: they are built of travertine covered with stucco [as modifier]: a beautiful carved seat in travertine marble...
- It occurs in a wide variety of mineral forms, including limestone, marble, travertine, and chalk.
- Cave walls down which water habitually runs may become covered with sheets of travertine flowstone.
- The springs left deposits of travertine below the temple and among the ruins.
Origin
Late 18th century: from Italian travertino, tivertino, from Latin tiburtinus 'of Tibur' (now Tivoli, a district near Rome).
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