Travertine
Awara hot spring
Onsen, Awara city, Fukui pref., Japan

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.
Other localities
- Awara hot spring (Crust)