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The “type locality” for travertine is at Tivoli, about 25 km east of Roma. In fact, the name “travertine” descends from the Latin, “Lapis Tiburtinus”, referring to the stone quarried at Tibur (the ancient name for Tivoli). Quarries in the area around Tivoli have been active for two millenia, and the stone has been used for most of the famous monuments of Rome ranging from the Coliseum through St. Peter’s to the modern University. Today there are a great many active quarries, and travertine from Tivoli is exported worldwide.
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Folk, R.L., Chafetz, H.S. (1983). Pisoliths (Pisoids) in Quaternary Travertines of Tivoli, Italy. In: Peryt, T.M. (eds) Coated Grains. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-68869-0_41
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