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Meaning of "tufa"
tufa: A noun referring to a type of porous limestone formed by the precipitation of carbonate minerals from ambient temperature water bodies. Tufa is often used in construction and landscaping due to its lightweight and insulating properties
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- Calcareous lime deposited by precipitation from a body of water, such as a hot spring.
- A variety of volcanic rock, tuff.
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Tufa stone gives villages a rare luminosity.
The cupola is built from tufa rock.
Tufa is not used in modern construction.
The monument is made of red tufa.
Tufa forms either in fluvial channels or in lacustrine settings.
Petrifying springs with tufa formation.
Tufa deposits form an important habitat for a diverse flora.
Materials for construction in tufa and volcanic stones.
Tufa trailed a further eighteen seconds behind in third place.
They have used tufa here.
The tufa is a natural limestone.
The sarcophagi are in terracotta or tufa.
This tufa tower consists mostly of the mineral calcite.
The entrance is flanked by huge winged oxen made of red tufa.
Restoration projects related to the tufa of the castle are regularly launched.
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These are the best examples of what are known as tufa towers.
The tufa rock.
This area also has some interesting tufa formations.
The TUFa inhibitor of the invention can also be administered on a stent.
This hardened into a soft porous stone called tufa.
The estate is completely surrounded by a tufa wall of two meters in height.
The entire hillside around each springs is composed of tufa.
Both primer pairs can amplify tufA and tufB genes.
The tufa stones themselves also give the bridge a unique look.
The two earlier temples were built of tufa on the same location.
Tufa barriers are the result of continuous sedimentation processes along natural thresholds.
The pattern alternates with reddish and a lighter grayish colored tufa.
It stands on a unique tufa rock whose spectacular views dazzles and delights.
The area is covered with a layer of hard tufa formed by the salts.
Small tufa blocks alternate with rows of bricks to form unexpected ornaments.
The vegetation and debris then become the area for tufa accumulation.
The tufa stone reigns supreme in the wide and high walls.
Calcium carbonate precipitates out of the spring water and hardens to form tufa.
Tufa is a variety of limestone formed when carbonate minerals precipitate out of ambient temperature water.
The name of the lake comes from the impressive tufa formations nearby.
The walls are made of white tufa stone and reflect part of the light signal.
The dome represents the earliest patterns of masonry with red and grey tufa.
The otherworldly tufa formations that rise from the lake are worth a visit alone.
The forum is made of ashlar blocks of peperino tufa with Carrara marble.
The tufa is very fragile and the cut tufa stones have frequently crumbled to dust.
It is the main centre of tufa and travertine production in Armenia.
It dates back to Etruscan times and is entirely carved from tufa stone.
Remember tufa is indigenous to the city of Rome.
The Cave is the product of natural erosion of glacial till below the tufa.
Tufa rocks on the island are some of the youngest rocks in the United States.
Guided interpretive hikes are also offered daily from Rabbitkettle Lake to the tufa mounds.
The tufa mounds and hotsprings have featured in Dene legend for thousands of years.
The face was covered with Ani orange tufa rocks and engraved with triangular niches.
Tufa cascades of karstic rivers in the Dinaric Alps.
Two heads made of Aniene tufa from the tomb are now in the Vatican Museums.
