The Washington Post published an article explaining the secret to ancient Rome’s long-lasting mortar recipe. Turns out the secret to enduring 2,000 years of earthquakes and floods is volcanic sand, which allowed for formation of clusters of a mineral known as strätlingite. These mineral crystals, Tformed because of a reaction that took place over time between the lime and volcanic matter in the mortarhelped the concrete withstand cracking.
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