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Meanings of calcareous tufa in English

Freshwater calcium carbonate.

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        Examples for "calcareous sinter"
        Examples for "calcareous sinter"
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        On this also depends the formation of stalactites and calc-sinter.
        Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" ...
        Usage of calcareous tufa in English
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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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        "It's calcareous tufa I'm a-wearing, wove on me by exudation and accretion in the past two thousand years."
        Tales of the Chesapeake
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