travertine

Definitions

Examples

• Sixteen lakes full of calcium carbonate and travertine cascade into each other by means of waterfalls of all shapes and sizes.

• The bleached concrete and travertine courtyard of the research institute is pristine, evoking calm and simplicity, in accordance with the directive of its founder, Jonas Salk, famous for developing the polio vaccine.

• You've no idea how well those columns of honey-coloured Travertine would become you, Michael.

• The slab upon which the mosaic is made, is generally of Travertine, (or Tiburtine) stones, connected together by iron cramps.

• While the deposits here are chiefly lime or travertine, those of the geysers and of the other hot springs are silica.

• The immense travertine columns of the faade form part of a portico which is over two hundred feet in length.

• The pavement of the square, on which you may still walk, was of travertine.