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Travertine

Awara hot spring

Onsen, Awara city, Fukui pref., Japan

Travertine

Field of view: 30 mm. Travertine deposited in the vicinity of hot spring source. A kind of so-called calcareous sinter. Fine calcite and aragonite form a crust-like group.

Formed probably within a year.

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