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Limestone that grew up watching mineral springs drip — now it's a billionaire's bathroom floor.
means A banded, often porous form of limestone deposited by mineral-rich springs and used as a decorative building stone.
from From Italian travertino, an alteration of the older tivertino, which traces back to Latin lapis tiburtinus — 'stone of Tibur,' the ancient town now called Tivoli, near Rome, where the Romans quarried it abundantly for buildings like the Colosseum.
- slow build
- Forms when calcite precipitates from hot or cold springs
- roman flex
- The Colosseum is built largely from it
- the holes
- Natural pits from escaping gas during formation
- still growing
- Forms today around active geothermal springs and waterfalls
- name origin
- Named for Tivoli, Italy, ancient Latin Tibur
pamukkale — white travertine terraces in turkey formed by thermal springs, unesco world heritage site since 1988
mammoth hot springs — active travertine terraces in yellowstone national park, wyoming, built by geothermal water deposits
huanglong — chinese travertine landscape in sichuan province with 3,400+ terraced pools, unesco site since 1992