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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