Travertine

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Travertine \Trav"er*tine\, n. [F. travertin, It. travertino,
     tiburtino, L. lapis Tiburtinus, fr. Tibur an ancient town of
     Latium, now Tivoli.] (Min.)
     A white concretionary form of calcium carbonate, usually hard
     and semicrystalline. It is deposited from the water of
     springs or streams holding lime in solution. Extensive


     deposits exist at Tivoli, near Rome.
     [1913 Webster]