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Meanings of calc-sinter in English

Freshwater calcium carbonate.

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        Examples for "calcareous sinter"
        Examples for "calcareous sinter"
        1
        The formation is soft calcareous tufa, such as forms the bottom of all this basin.
        Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa
        2
        The valley, which gradually widens, is bordered with hills of calcareous tufa, called here tierra blanca.
        Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of Amer...
        3
        The fossil bones which lie in the calcareous tufa of this region will yet, we hope, reveal the ancient fauna.
        Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa
        4
        Formed of calcareous tufa
        The Western United States: A Geographical Reader
        5
        These rocks, in the southern part of the country especially, are often covered with twelve or fifteen feet of soft calcareous tufa.
        Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa
        Usage of calc-sinter in English
        1
        On this also depends the formation of stalactites and calc-sinter.
        Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" ...
        Calc-sinter through the time