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Travertine is a mineral consisting of layered calcium carbonate formed by deposition from spring waters
From Italian travertino a kind of building stone, from Tiburs, adjective from Tibur (Tivoli), in Italy
Durable Rock, Medium Hardness Rock
Fine Grained Rock, Opaque Rock
Beige, Black, Blue, Brown, Grey, Red, White, Yellow
Decorative Aggregates, Entryways, Flooring, Homes, Interior Decoration
As Building Stone, As Facing Stone, Paving Stone, Garden Decoration, Office Buildings
As Dimension Stone, Building houses or walls, Cement Manufacture, Construction Aggregate, for Road Aggregate, Raw material for the manufacture of mortar
Artifacts, Jewellery, Monuments, Sculpture, Small Figurines
Cemetery Markers, Creating Artwork, Gemstone, Jewelry, Paper Industry, Pottery
Thermal Travertine and Tufa
Stalactites and stalagmites are formed from this rock, Surfaces are often shiny, Very fine grained rock
Colosseum in Rome, Italy, Sacré Coeur in Paris, France, Trevi Fountain in Rome, Italy
Travertine is a type of sedimentary rock formed when a river carries or transports pieces of broken rock which then undergo sedimentation. They are then subjected to high temperature and pressure hence forming travertine rock.
Calcite, Clay, Feldspar, Micas, Quartz
Biological Weathering, Chemical Weathering, Mechanical Weathering
Chemical Erosion, Coastal Erosion, Glacier Erosion
Impact Resistant, Pressure Resistant, Wear Resistant
Austria, Italy, Portugal, United Kingdom
Argentina, Bolivia, Ecuador
Felsite is a very fine grained volcanic rock that may or may not contain larger crystals and light colored rock that typically requires petrographic examination or chemical analysis for more precise definition
From English feldspar and -ite
Durable Rock, Medium Hardness Rock
Fine Grained Rock, Opaque Rock
Arborescent Patterned, Vitreous
Black, Blue, Brown, Green, Orange, Red, Tan, Yellow
Layered, Banded, Veined and Shiny
Decorative Aggregates, Flooring, Interior Decoration
Paving Stone, Garden Decoration
Arrowheads, Cutting Tool, Knives, Scrapers, Spear Points
Available in Lots of Colors and Patterns, Clasts are smooth to touch, Splintery, Very fine grained rock
Felsite is a fine-grained, hard rock which is a type of metasomatite, essentially altered basalt. It forms with or without crystallization, either below the surface as intrusive rocks or on the surface as extrusive rocks.
Aluminium Oxide, CaO, Iron(III) Oxide, FeO, Potassium Oxide, MgO, MnO, Sodium Oxide, Phosphorus Pentoxide, Silicon Dioxide, Titanium Dioxide
Burial Metamorphism, Contact Metamorphism, Impact Metamorphism, Regional Metamorphism
Biological Weathering, Chemical Weathering, Mechanical Weathering
Chemical Erosion, Glacier Erosion, Water Erosion
Heat Resistant, Impact Resistant
Afghanistan, Indonesia, Japan, Russia
Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Turkey
Argentina, Chile, Ecuador, Peru