travertine

English

Etymology
Travertine

From Italian travertino, earlier tivertino, from Latin tīburtīnus (“Tiburtine”).

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈtɹavətɪn/

Noun

travertine (countable and uncountable, plural travertines)

  1. (mineralogy) A light, porous form of concretionary limestone (or calcite) deposited from solution, and sometimes quarried for building.
    • 2000, JG Ballard, Super-Cannes, Fourth Estate 2011, p. 191:
      Halder stopped outside a seven-storey building sheathed in pale travertine marble.

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Further reading
  • “Travertine” in David Barthelmy, Webmineral Mineralogy Database, 1997–.
  • “travertine”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, accessed 29 August 2016.

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