Travertine and Gritstone Types and Facts

Travertine

Gritstone

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Types

Features

Monuments

Famous Monuments

Sculpture

Famous Sculptures

Pictographs

Petroglyphs

Figurines

Fossils

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

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Sedimentary rock

Available in Lots of Colors and Patterns, Generally rough to touch, Very fine grained rock

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Types of Travertine and Gritstone

Some rocks according to their use or texture are classified into different types. Know more about Travertine Texture and Gritstone Texture. The types of Travertine and Gritstone are .During historic times, some rocks depending on their hardness were used to create Pictographs and Petroglyphs. Rocks which are hard were generally not used. Pictographs are paintings or drawings that have been placed or created on the surface of rock. Travertine and Gritstone were for creating pictographs. Petroglyph is an image which is carved into a rock. These are images created by removing part of a rock surface by incising, picking, carving or abrading, as a form of rock art. Travertine and Gritstone were for creating petroglyphs.