Calc-tufa (Noun)
Meaning
A soft porous rock consisting of calcium carbonate deposited from springs rich in lime.
Classification
Nouns denoting substances.
Examples
- Calc-tufa forms as a result of calcium-rich mineral water emerging from springs and depositing its dissolved calcium carbonate over time.
- In regions where groundwater contains high levels of lime, the natural springs may precipitate out the minerals as calc-tufa deposits.
- One distinct feature of this unique ecosystem is the creation of a landscape of twisted, aragonite-based rock known as calc-tufa, caused by warm springwater mixing with oxygen from the air.
- Petrified branches often provide valuable data in tree-ring studies due to preservation of details and embedded fossil features frequently buried beneath new deposits of hard stone that usually gets named travertine though essentially consists calc-tufa stone
- Deterioration processes appear uneven throughout entire specimen from lower rim made almost purely from sturdy white Calc-Tufa compared at spots hollow internal frame when new chiseled crust to strengthen top breaking weaker middle at worn vertical weak internal face through heavily aged more splayed core support end chiselURLException