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Definition of Calcareous sinter

Calcareous sinter
Sinter Sin"ter, n. [G. Cf. Cinder.] (Min.) Dross, as of iron; the scale which files from iron when hammered; -- applied as a name to various minerals. Calcareous sinter, a loose banded variety of calcite formed by deposition from lime-bearing waters; calcareous tufa; travertine. Ceraunian sinter, fulgurite. Siliceous sinter, a light cellular or fibrous opal; especially, geyserite (see Geyserite). It has often a pearly luster, and is then called pearl sinter.

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- Calcareous sinter is a freshwater calcium carbonate deposit, also known as calc-sinter. Deposits are characterised by low porosity and well-developed lamination...
- create a product – sinter – for use in a blast furnace Sintering, a high temperature process for fusing powder together Calcareous sinter, calcium carbonate...
- Morphology can vary from mineratrophic wetlands to spring aprons (see calcareous sinter) Braided channel – Deposits form within a fluvial channel, dominated...
- gypsum – see the variety called "onyx-marble", actually a travertine Calcareous sinter – A freshwater calcium carbonate deposit Calthemite – Secondary calcium...
- silica enclosing many small cavities. Siliceous sinter should not be confused with calcareous sinter, which is made of calcium carbonate. In May 2017...
- extraction and transport operation. The Eifel deposits, now called Calcareous sinter or calc-sinter (since it is neither onyx nor marble), have also been identified...
- Arizona Various rocks and minerals known as onyx marble Alabaster Calcareous sinter Limescale Onyx Marble This disambiguation page lists articles ****ociated...
- flow of the aqueduct to become progressively reduced by deposits of calcareous sinter. Another threat was posed by vegetation penetrating the stone lid...
- and Herzegovina's largest national park. The Una forms a number of calcareous sinter banks and cascades near Martin Brod, including around the Milančetov...
- small and chalky with a cauliflower appearance.[citation needed] Calcareous sinter – A freshwater calcium carbonate deposit Travertine – Form of limestone...