travertine

Travertine

From Italian travertino, earlier tivertino, from Latin tīburtīnus (“Tiburtine”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈtɹavətɪn/

travertine (countable and uncountable, plural travertines)

1. (mineralogy) A light, porous form of concretionary limestone (or calcite) deposited from solution, and sometimes quarried for building.

   Synonym: travertine marble

   • 1941 January, “Notes and News: The Hitler Station in Rome”, in Railway Magazine, page 33:

     [...] imitation travertine, resembling marble, has been used to cover the station exterior, [...].

   • 2000, JG Ballard, Super-Cannes, Fourth Estate, published 2011, page 191:

     Halder stopped outside a seven-storey building sheathed in pale travertine marble.

• David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Travertine”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “travertine”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.

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