Min. [ad. Ger. kalk-sinter, f. kalk lime (a. L. calc-em; see CALC-) + sinter slag.] A hard crystalline deposit from springs that hold carbonate of lime in solution.
1823. W. Buckland, Reliq. Diluv., 115. Firmly cemented together by stalagmitic infiltrations of calc-sinter.
1830. Lyell, Princ. Geol., I. 200. It [one of these springs] has formed, by its incrustations, an elevated mound of solid travertin, or calc-sinter.
1850. Leitch, Müller’s Anc. Art, § 268. 300. In Greece … tufa and calc-sinter … were also employed.
