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Definition of limestone
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Limestone
(n.) A rock
consisting
chiefly
of
calcium
carbonate
or
carbonate
of lime. It
sometimes
contains
also
magnesium
carbonate,
and is then
called
magnesian
or
dolomitic
limestone.
Crystalline
limestone
is
called
marble..
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Encrinital
::
Encrinital
(a.)
Relating
to
encrinites;
containing
encrinites,
as
certain
kinds of
limestone..
Chondrodite
::
Chondrodite
(n.) A
fluosilicate
of
magnesia
and iron,
yellow
to red in
color,
often
occurring
in
granular
form in a
crystalline
limestone..
Portland Cement
::
Portland
cement
() A
cement
having
the color of the
Portland
stone of
England,
made by
calcining
an
artificial
mixture
of
carbonate
of lime and clay, or
sometimes
certain
natural
limestones
or
chalky
clays.
It
contains
a large
proportion
of clay, and
hardens
under
water..
Oolite
::
Oolite
(n.) A
variety
of
limestone,
consisting
of small round
grains,
resembling
the roe of a fish. It
sometimes
constitutes
extensive
beds, as in the
European
Jurassic.
See the Chart of
Geology..
Coralline
::
Coralline
(a.)
Composed
of
corallines;
as,
coralline
limestone..
Nitrocalcite
::
Nitrocalcite
(n.)
Nitrate
of
calcium,
a
substance
having
a
grayish
white
color,
occuring
in
efforescences
on old
walls,
and in
limestone
caves,
especially
where there
exists
decaying
animal
matter..
Oriskany
::
Oriskany
(a.)
Designating,
or
pertaining
to,
certain
beds,
chiefly
limestone,
characteristic
of the
latest
period
of the
Silurian
age..
Limestone
::
Limestone
(n.) A rock
consisting
chiefly
of
calcium
carbonate
or
carbonate
of lime. It
sometimes
contains
also
magnesium
carbonate,
and is then
called
magnesian
or
dolomitic
limestone.
Crystalline
limestone
is
called
marble..
Chalk
::
Chalk (n.) A soft,
earthy
substance,
of a
white,
grayish,
or
yellowish
white
color,
consisting
of
calcium
carbonate,
and
having
the same
composition
as
common
limestone..
Marmorosis
::
Marmorosis
(n.) The
metamorphism
of
limestone,
that is, its
conversion
into
marble..
Carbonate
::
Carbonate
(n.) A salt or
carbonic
acid, as in
limestone,
some forms of lead ore, etc..
Cement
::
Cement
(n.) A kind of
calcined
limestone,
or a
calcined
mixture
of clay and lime, for
making
mortar
which will
harden
under
water..
Calcivorous
::
Calcivorous
(a.)
Eroding,
or
eating
into,
limestone..
Marble
::
Marble
(n.) A
massive,
compact
limestone;
a
variety
of
calcite,
capable
of being
polished
and used for
architectural
and
ornamental
purposes.
The color
varies
from white to
black,
being
sometimes
yellow,
red, and
green,
and
frequently
beautifully
veined
or
clouded.
The name is also given to other rocks of like use and
appearance,
as
serpentine
or verd
antique
marble,
and less
properly
to
polished
porphyry,
granite,
etc..
Saxicava
::
Saxicava
(n.) Any
species
of
marine
bivalve
shells
of the genus
Saxicava.
Some of the
species
are noted for their power of
boring
holes in
limestone
and
similar
rocks.
Limekiln
::
Limekiln
(n.) A kiln or
furnace
in which
limestone
or
shells
are
burned
and
reduced
to lime.
Sarcophagus
::
Sarcophagus
(n.) A
species
of
limestone
used among the
Greeks
for
making
coffins,
which was so
called
because
it
consumed
within
a few weeks the flesh of
bodies
deposited
in it. It is
otherwise
called
lapis
Assius,
or
Assian
stone,
and is said to have been found at
Assos,
a city of
Lycia..
Granuliform
::
Granuliform
(a.)
Having
a
granular
structure;
granular;
as,
granuliform
limestone..
Peagrit
::
Peagrit
(n.) A
coarse
pisolitic
limestone.
See
Pisolite.
Lithodomus
::
Lithodomus
(n.) A genus of
elongated
bivalve
shells,
allied
to the
mussels,
and
remarkable
for their
ability
to bore holes for
shelter,
in solid
limestone,
shells,
etc.
Called
also
Lithophagus..
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