{"product_id":"roman-plinth-red-travertine","title":"The Roman Plinth — Red Travertine","description":"\u003cp\u003eIron oxide does not negotiate. When the thermal springs at Tivoli carried ferrous minerals in solution, those minerals oxidized on contact with oxygen — and stained the forming calcium carbonate in shades ranging from warm ochre to deep rust. Each stratum in this travertine records a distinct mineral event: a different iron concentration, a different water temperature, a different season in the geological sequence. The result is stone that reads as layered because it was formed in layers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe red coloration is not uniform — and it was never meant to be. Bands of warm rust alternate with veins of cream and brown-ochre, the visible record of a spring that changed composition over thousands of years of deposition. This is the same Tivoli formation that supplied stone for the Colosseum, but what the iron-rich pockets produced here is rarer: a travertine that carries chromatic history in its cross-section, legible on the raw sides of the plinth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt 17.7\" × 12.6\" × 12.6\" (45 × 32 × 32 cm) and 121 lbs (55 kg), this is a piece with physical presence. The four raw sides expose the full mineral stratigraphy — the pore structure, the color variation, the strata that no two blocks replicate in the same sequence. The matte-sanded top provides a working surface without interrupting the geological reading. In a room built on restraint, this is the object that holds the eye.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProduced in 4–6 weeks. White-glove delivery (two persons, $300 flat) to the USA, Canada, and Australia. Sample 10×10 cm at $30, credited in full against your order.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tobia Stones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48824862867688,"sku":null,"price":3400.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/8770\/9160\/files\/red_travertine_travertine_finition_d98f8e72-0c39-4d5a-bab0-c35ecf6ee53e.png?v=1785464019","url":"https:\/\/tobia-stones.com\/products\/roman-plinth-red-travertine","provider":"Tobia Stones","version":"1.0","type":"link"}