Salts - Travertine

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Travertine

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Travertine is like the salts also an evaporation rock/mineral type. It can evaporate or precipitate from calcite rich waters. Travertine is banded rock composed of CaCO3 Travertine can often be found close to limestone and rivers or in caves where it forms stalactites and stalagmites.

Characteristics

Travertine often has a fibrous or concentric appearance and exists in white, tan, cream-colored, and even rusty varieties. Its hardness is medium hard, a 4-5 on Mohr's scale. It can be recognized by the fact that it reacts on hydrochloric acid.

References

https://www.britannica.com/

onewitz, Ronald Louis (2012). Rocks and Minerals. DK Publishing. p. 110. ISBN 978-0-7566-9042-7.

Travertine

Type	Salt stone
Chemical formula	CaCO3
Color	white or cream
Streak	White
Luster	Fibrous or concentric
Hardness	Medium hard
Cleavage	Non existent
Image	Travertine

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Travertine