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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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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..
Warwickite
::
Warwickite
(n.) A dark brown or black
mineral,
occurring
in
prismatic
crystals
imbedded
in
limestone
near
Warwick,
New York. It
consists
of the
borate
and
titanate
of
magnesia
and
iron..
Lime
::
Lime (n.) Oxide of
calcium;
the white or gray,
caustic
substance,
usually
called
quicklime,
obtained
by
calcining
limestone
or
shells,
the heat
driving
off
carbon
dioxide
and
leaving
lime. It
develops
great heat when
treated
with
water,
forming
slacked
lime, and is an
essential
ingredient
of
cement,
plastering,
mortar,
etc..
Borer
::
Borer (n.) Any
bivalve
mollusk
(Saxicava,
Lithodomus,
etc.) which bores into
limestone
and
similar
substances..
Niagara Period
::
Niagara
period
() A
subdivision
or the
American
Upper
Silurian
system,
embracing
the
Medina,
Clinton,
and
Niagara
epoch.
The rocks of the
Niagara
epoch,
mostly
limestones,
are
extensively
distributed,
and at
Niagara
Falls
consist
of about
eighty
feet of shale
supporting
a
greater
thickness
of
limestone,
which is
gradually
undermined
by the
removal
of the
shale.
See Chart of
Geology..
Oriskany
::
Oriskany
(a.)
Designating,
or
pertaining
to,
certain
beds,
chiefly
limestone,
characteristic
of the
latest
period
of the
Silurian
age..
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..
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..
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..
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..
Subcarboniferous
::
Subcarboniferous
(a.) Of or
pertaining
to the
lowest
division
of the
Carboniferous
formations
underlying
the
proper
coal
measures.
It was a
marine
formation
characterized
in
general
by beds of
limestone.
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..
Atrypa
::
Atrypa
(n.) A
extinct
genus of
Branchiopoda,
very
common
in
Silurian
limestones..
Calcivorous
::
Calcivorous
(a.)
Eroding,
or
eating
into,
limestone..
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..
Eozoonal
::
Eozoonal
(a.)
Pertaining
to the
eozoon;
containing
eozoons;
as,
eozoonal
limestone..
Chaetetes
::
Chaetetes
(n.) A genus of
fossil
corals,
common
in the lower
Silurian
limestones..
Limekiln
::
Limekiln
(n.) A kiln or
furnace
in which
limestone
or
shells
are
burned
and
reduced
to lime.
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..
Granuliform
::
Granuliform
(a.)
Having
a
granular
structure;
granular;
as,
granuliform
limestone..
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