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Meanings of calcareous sinter in English

Freshwater calcium carbonate.

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Examples for "calcareous tufa"
Examples for "calcareous tufa"
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The formation is soft calcareous tufa, such as forms the bottom of all this basin.
Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa
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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...
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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
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Formed of calcareous tufa
The Western United States: A Geographical Reader
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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
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On this also depends the formation of stalactites and calc-sinter.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" ...