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Definition of limestone
Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of limestone is as below...
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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Kiln
::
Kiln (n.) A large stove or oven; a
furnace
of brick or
stone,
or a
heated
chamber,
for the
purpose
of
hardening,
burning,
or
drying
anything;
as, a kiln for
baking
or
hardening
earthen
vessels;
a kiln for
drying
grain,
meal,
lumber,
etc.; a kiln for
calcining
limestone..
Zechstein
::
Zechstein
(n.) The upper
division
of the
Permian
(Dyas)
of
Europe.
The
prevailing
rock is a
magnesian
limestone.
Trenton Period
::
Trenton
period
() A
subdivision
in the lower
Silurian
system
of
America;
-- so named from
Trenton
Falls,
in New York. The rocks are
mostly
limestones,
and the
period
is
divided
into the
Trenton,
Utica,
and
Cincinnati
epochs.
See the Chart of
Geology..
Lucullite
::
Lucullite
(n.) A
variety
of black
limestone,
often
polished
for
ornamental
purposes..
Corallian
::
Corallian
(n.) A
deposit
of
coralliferous
limestone
forming
a
portion
of the
middle
division
of the
oolite;
--
called
also
coral-rag.
Phlogopite
::
Phlogopite
(n.) A kind of mica
having
generally
a
peculiar
bronze-red
or
copperlike
color and a
pearly
luster.
It is a
silicate
of
aluminia,
with
magnesia,
potash,
and some
fluorine.
It is
characteristic
of
crystalline
limestone
or
dolomite
and
serpentine.
See
Mica..
Lias
::
Lias (n.) The
lowest
of the three
divisions
of the
Jurassic
period;
a name given in
England
and
Europe
to a
series
of
marine
limestones
underlying
the
Oolite.
See the Chart of
Geology.
Ferrocalcite
::
Ferrocalcite
(n.)
Limestone
containing
a large
percentage
of iron
carbonate,
and hence
turning
brown on
exposure..
Metamorphism
::
Metamorphism
(n.) The state or
quality
of being
metamorphic;
the
process
by which the
material
of rock
masses
has been more or less
recrystallized
by heat,
pressure,
etc., as in the
change
of
sedimentary
limestone
to
marble..
Marmorosis
::
Marmorosis
(n.) The
metamorphism
of
limestone,
that is, its
conversion
into
marble..
Septarium
::
Septarium
(n.) A
flattened
concretionary
nodule,
usually
of
limestone,
intersected
within
by
cracks
which are often
filled
with
calcite,
barite,
or other
minerals..
Muschelkalk
::
Muschelkalk
(n.) A kind of shell
limestone,
whose
strata
form the
middle
one of the three
divisions
of the
Triassic
formation
in
Germany.
See
Chart,
under
Geology..
Eozoon
::
Eozoon
(n.) A
peculiar
structure
found in the
Archaean
limestones
of
Canada
and other
regions.
By some
geologists
it is
believed
to be a
species
of
gigantic
Foraminifera,
but
others
consider
it a
concretion,
without
organic
structure..
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..
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.
Chondrodite
::
Chondrodite
(n.) A
fluosilicate
of
magnesia
and iron,
yellow
to red in
color,
often
occurring
in
granular
form in a
crystalline
limestone..
Atrypa
::
Atrypa
(n.) A
extinct
genus of
Branchiopoda,
very
common
in
Silurian
limestones..
Cliff Limestone
::
Cliff
limestone
() A
series
of
limestone
strata
found in Ohio and
farther
west,
presenting
bluffs
along the
rivers
and
valleys,
formerly
supposed
to be of one
formation,
but now known to be
partly
Silurian
and
partly
Devonian..
Ganil
::
Ganil (n.) A kind of
brittle
limestone.
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..
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