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Calcareous Tufa

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Mono Lake, Mono Co., California, USA
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Variety of Calcite. Deposited from water. It has a porus structure and often contains fragments of leaf, twigs, etc.

Classification of Calcareous Tufa

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Other Names for Calcareous Tufa

Synonyms:
Calcareous SinterCalc-Sinter
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    • Aragacot'n (Aragatsotn) Province
      • Ashtarak
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    • Rhône-Alpes
      • Ain
        • Neyron
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    • Arkansas
      • Garland Co.
    		Hanor, 1980. Fire In Folded Rocks
    • California
      • Mono Co.
    		http://lvo.wr.usgs.gov/gallery/MonoLake_1.html
    • Minnesota
      • Hennepin Co.
    		www.excaliburmineral.com
    • Nevada
      • Washoe Co.
    		Benson, L.V., 2004, The tufas of Pyramid Lake, Nevada: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1267, 14 pp.
    • New York
      • Madison Co.
    		French, J.H., 1860. Gazetteer of the State of New York
      • Monroe Co.
        • Wheatland Township
    		www.ggw.org/~ras/geostory/therocks.htm.
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