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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 9826881, member: 2844"]That sounds and looks like local tufa stone, which is one of the stones used in the building of the Colosseum. Tufa was used for the internal structure, along with concrete and bricks. The outside was clad with travertin. I assume the floors were also travertin, which is harder than tufa.</p><p><br /></p><p>So it could be from the Colosseum, but as mos said, it will be impossible to prove it is.</p><p><br /></p><p>Since tufa is <u>the</u> stone of the region, you are bound to find tufa anywhere in Rome.</p><p>If you travel around Lazio, the region of Rome, you see tufa rocks everywhere, and many villages are built on high tufa rocks, very pretty.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 9826881, member: 2844"]That sounds and looks like local tufa stone, which is one of the stones used in the building of the Colosseum. Tufa was used for the internal structure, along with concrete and bricks. The outside was clad with travertin. I assume the floors were also travertin, which is harder than tufa. So it could be from the Colosseum, but as mos said, it will be impossible to prove it is. Since tufa is [U]the[/U] stone of the region, you are bound to find tufa anywhere in Rome. If you travel around Lazio, the region of Rome, you see tufa rocks everywhere, and many villages are built on high tufa rocks, very pretty.[/QUOTE]
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