I-Travertine uhlobo lwe-sedimentary rock eyakhiwe kusuka kuma-mineral deposits, ikakhulukazi i-calcium carbonate, eqondile emithonjeni eshisayo noma emihumeni ye-limestone. Kuboniswa ukwakheka kwayo okuhlukile namaphethini, angafaka izimbobo nemikhombe ebangelwa ama-bubble kagesi ngesikhathi sokwakhiwa kwawo.
I-Trathertine iza ngemibala ehlukahlukene, isukela ku-beige no-ayisikhilimu ku-brown futhi ibomvu, kuya ngokungcola okukhona ngesikhathi sokwakhiwa kwayo. Isetshenziswa kabanzi ekwakhiweni nasekwakheni, ikakhulukazi kokwehla, ama-countertops, kanye nokufakelwa odongeni, ngenxa yokuqina kwayo nokukhalaza ngobuhle. Ngokwengeziwe, ukuqeda kwalo ngokwemvelo kunikeza ikhwalithi engaphelelwa isikhathi, okwenza kudume emiklamo yanamuhla nangokwesiko. I-Trathertine futhi ibaluleke kakhulu ngekhono layo lokuhlala ipholile ngaphansi kwezikhala, okwenza lilungele izikhala zangaphandle kanye nezimo sezulu ezifudumele.
Ingabe luhlobo lwemabula noma uhlobo lwe-limestone? Impendulo ilula cha. Ngenkathi i-traverytine ivame ukuthengiswa eceleni kwemabula ne-limestone, inenqubo ehlukile yokwakheka komhlaba oyihlukanisayo.

Amafomu we-Trathertine ngokusebenzisa ukubekwa kwe-calcium Carbonate eziphepheni zamaminerali, adala ukuthungwa kwawo okuhlukile kwe-porous kanye nokubukeka okubekiwe. Le nqubo yokwakheka yehluka kakhulu kusuka ku-limestone, okuyindlela ikakhulukazi ezintweni eziphilayo zasolwandle, nemabula, umphumela we-metamorphosis ye-limestone ngaphansi kokushisa nengcindezi.

Umugqa ka-Trafertine ophakeme, ukuhlukahluka kombala kuhluke kakhulu esakhiweni esibushelelezi, sekristalu semabula ebushelelezi kanye nokwehla okufanayo kwe-limestone ejwayelekile. Ngakho-ke, ngenkathi i-traveratherine ihlobene namakhemikhali nalawa matshe, umsuka kanye nezimpawu ezenza kube yisigaba esihlukile emndenini wamatshe.

Ngokuya ngemvelaphi nemibala ehlukene etholakalayo, kungenzeka ukwenza ukwahlukaniswa kwemibala ye-trathertine ehlukile, phakathi kwamanje emakethe. Ake sibheke enye i-travertine yakudala.