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Types of sedimentary rock – usually limestone (calcium carbonate) – are sometimes formed by the evaporation, or rapid precipitation, of minerals from spring water as it emerges, especially at the mouths of hot mineral springs. In cold mineral springs, the rapid precipitation of minerals results from the reduction of acidity when the CO 2 ...
Aquae Cutiliae is an ancient Roman site situated on mineral springs known today as Terme di Cotilia or Terme di Vespasiano, near the modern Cittaducale, 9 miles east of Rieti in the Sabina region. [1] [2] It took its name from the nearby village of Cutiliae or Cutilium whose exact location is unknown. [3]
The Turkish name refers to the surface of the shimmering, snow-white limestone, shaped over millennia by calcite-rich springs. [2] Dripping slowly down the mountainside, mineral-rich waters collect in and cascade down the mineral terraces, into pools below. Panoramic view of travertine terraces at Pamukkale Pamukkale sinter terraces
Anthony Relhan (c. 1715–1776), promoted the drinking of mineral waters and particularly water from the chalybeate spring in St Anne's Well Gardens, Hove and published A Short History of Brighthelmstone; with Remarks on its Air, an Analysis of its Waters, Particularly of an uncommon Mineral one, long discovered, though but lately used in 1761. [4]
An ancient Roman city was built in the 1st century AD because of the mineral springs in the vicinity. Coriovallum Roman baths in Heerlen, the Netherlands (reconstructed) Roman Baths of Alange, Extremadura, Spain. Some of the earliest descriptions of western bathing practices came from Greece.
There is a belief from the c. 13th century that Drupthop Terkhungpa "scattered 128 varieties of medicines in Gasa, from which 128 hot springs and mineral springs were formed. Another belief is that Zhapdrung Ngakwang Namgyel (1594–1651) arrived in Gasa, he visited the hot springs which relieved his fatigue and joint pain.
Lithia Springs is an ancient Native American Indian medicinal spring. Until 1838 and the Trail of Tears, Lithia Springs was a healing center for the southern Cherokee Nation. The last Cherokee chief that ruled over the springs was named Ama-Kanasta (Sweetwater) who took his name from the 'sweet water' that flowed from the ancient spring. [1]
The thermal springs of the Aachen/Burtscheid area are situated within Upper Devonian limestone. [4] The hot mineral water emerges from the source at an average of 158°F / 70°C, [5] and is high in sodium, chloride, and sulfate. [1] The city of Aachen has stated that the spring water contains "not less than 19 different mineral elements."