travertine

form of terrestrial limestone deposited around mineral springs, especially hot springs
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travertine

Summary

travertine ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,048 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • travertine is a type of chemical sediment[2].
  • travertine is a type of limestone[3].
  • travertine's Commons category is recorded as Travertine[4].
  • travertine comprises limestone[5].
  • travertine's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Travertine[6].
  • travertine's described by source is recorded as Kenchiku-gaku Yōgo Jiten (Dai 2-han)[7].
  • travertine's described by source is recorded as Encyclopedia of Architecture and Building (2nd edition)[8].
  • travertine's described by source is recorded as The Oxford Dictionary of Architecture[9].
  • travertine's equivalent class is recorded as http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00003982[10].
  • travertine's equivalent class is recorded as https://w3id.org/gso/1.0/rockmaterial/Travertine[11].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include chemical sediment[2] and limestone[3].

Use and Application

travertine comprises limestone[5].

Why It Matters

travertine ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,048 views/month).[1] travertine has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] travertine is known by 41 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 26d ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → chemical sediment, limestone
    Mindat mineral id → 39057
    Equivalent class → http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00003982, https://w3id.org/gso/1.0/rockmaterial/Travertine
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P6263]]: 39057"
  2. 29d ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Equivalent class → http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00003982, https://w3id.org/gso/1.0/rockmaterial/Travertine
    Exact match → —
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-multiple-properties-update:0||2 */ Moving [[Property:P2888]] to [[Property:P1709]]"
  3. 16w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0427204-travertiny
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0427204-travertiny, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259494|batch #259494]]"
  4. 18w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Great norwegian encyclopedia id → travertin, travertin_-_kalktuff, travertin_-_kalkstein
    Great russian encyclopedia online id (2017) → 2001583
    Subclass of → —
    Has parts → —
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007546090605171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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