Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Travertin, or calcareous tufa, the material deposited from water holding lime in solution. See
travertin .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun See under
calcite .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
calcareous sinter .
Etymologies
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German Kalk (Latin calx, calcis) lime + English sinter.
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Examples
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On this also depends the formation of stalactites and calc-sinter.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Various
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As far as he was able to travel inland, the surface was composed of secondary limestone, partially covered with a thin layer of calc-sinter.
Journal of the Third Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage William Edward Parry 1822
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ALABASTER) and other stalagmitic deposits also consist of calcite, and so do the allied deposits of travertine, calc-sinter or calc-tufa.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Various
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