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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
Metapelite is an old and currently not widely used field geological term for a clay rich fine-grained clastic sediment or sedimentary rock, i.e. mud or a mudstone
From Pelos or clay in Greek
Durable Rock, Medium Hardness Rock
Coarse Grained Rock, Fine Grained Rock, Medium Grained Rock, Opaque Rock
Dark Greenish - Grey, Green, Light Green, Light Greenish Grey
Decorative Aggregates, Interior Decoration
As Building Stone, As Facing Stone
Cement Manufacture, Construction Aggregate, for Road Aggregate
Commemorative Tablets, Creating Artwork
Easily splits into thin plates, It is One of the Oldest, Strongest and Hardest Rock
Due to change in environmental conditions, rocks are heated and pressurized deep inside the Earth's surface. Metapelite is formed from the extreme heat caused by magma or by the intense collisions and friction of tectonic plates.
Aluminium Oxide, CaO, MgO
Biological Weathering, Chemical Weathering, Mechanical Weathering
Chemical Erosion, Coastal Erosion, Water Erosion, Wind Erosion
Medium to Fine Coarse Grained
Heat Resistant, Impact Resistant, Pressure Resistant
Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador
Central Australia, Western Australia