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Keywords: Porous, Calcareous, Travertine, Hypertufa, Volcanic

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A soft or porous stone formed by depositions from water, usually calcareous; -- called also calcareous tufa.

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A friable volcanic rock or conglomerate, formed of consolidated cinders, or scoria.

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Calcareous deposits found in eerie rock forms at Mono Lake.

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a porous rock formed as deposits in underground streams or springs. Strong and brittle, was preferred for the digging of burial chambers

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A porous rock formed from deposits of springs.

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A hot spring deposit of calcite travertine.

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also known as travertine, this rock formation occurs when dissolved calcium carbonate precipitates out of solution. This is similar to the process that creates flowstone, and stalagmites and stalactites.

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Common Roman Building stone. Volcanic with a coarse, porous texture.

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Abbreviation for hypertufa.

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Naturally occurring soft or porus rock formed by water deposits. Tufa rock is artifically reproduced with hypertufa.

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the calcareous (chalky, containing calcium carbonate) and siliceous (flinty, containing silica) deposits of springs, lakes, or ground water; also a rock composed of compacted volcanic ash: in architectural terms, tufa refers to a rough facing stone applied to buildings to give a rustic look.

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Synonym of sinter: Mineral deposit formed by mineral-rich spring water which comes to the surface and loses its capacity to withhold the dissolved mineral, thereby depositing it and forming a growing mound. Sometimes misconceived as tuff.

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Cellular rock; porous limestone.

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A chemical sedimentary rock composed of calcium carbonate, formed by evaporation as an incrustation around the mouth of a spring or along a stream. It can also form a thick concretionary deposit in a lake or along its shore, as is the case of the Mono Lake Tufa.

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a soft porous rock consisting of calcium carbonate deposited from springs rich in lime

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hard volcanic rock composed of compacted volcanic ash

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a soft volcanic rock which hardens on contact with air

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Deposit or precipitate of calcium carbonate around calcareous springs

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(soil): A porous, calcareous rock, often found around mineral springs.

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A soft volcanic stone, used in making grottos. - DEFINITIONS Return to glossary index

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or Tufo: A variety of travertine, which is extremely porous.

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soft stone composed of compacted volcanic ash

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A spongy form of calcium carbonate created by evaporation around springs or from a lake surface.

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Porous rock composed of calcium carbonate.

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any of various porous rocks formed of powdery matter consolidated and often stratified, especially a form of limestone deposited by springs, lakes, etc. [AHDOS

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Tufa is the name for an unusual geological form of calcite rock.

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