crystalline limestone
1Limestone — Lime stone (l[imac]m st[=o]n ), 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.… …
2Limestone — For other uses, see Limestone (disambiguation). Limestone Sedimentary Rock Limestone in Waitomo District, New Zealand Composition …
3limestone — noun An abundant rock of marine and fresh water sediments; primarily composed of calcite (CaCO₃); it occurs in a variety of forms, both crystalline and amorphous …
4Aymestry Limestone — The Aymestry Limestone is an inconstant limestone deposited in a warm shallow sea near the eastern margin of the Iapetus Ocean. It occurs in England in the Ludlow series of Silurian rocks, between the Upper and Lower Ludlow Shales. It derives its …
5granular limestone — granular gran u*lar (gr[a^]n [ u]*l[ e]r), a. [Cf. F. granulaire. See {Granule}.] Consisting of, or resembling, grains; as, a granular substance. [1913 Webster] {granular limestone}, crystalline limestone, or marble, having a granular structure.… …
6Sparry limestone — Sparry Spar ry, a. [From {Spar}.] Resembling spar, or consisting of spar; abounding with spar; having a confused crystalline structure; spathose. [1913 Webster] {Sparry iron} (Min.), siderite. See {Siderite} (a) . {Sparry limestone} (Min.), a… …
7sparry limestone — noun : a coarsely crystalline marble …
8Elk Point Group — Stratigraphic range: Middle Devonian …
9Jerusalem stone — (Western Wall, Jerusalem) Jerusalem stone (Hebrew: אבן ירושלמית, even yerushalmit) is a name applied to various types of pale limestone, dolomite and dolomitic limestone, common in and around Jerusalem that have been used in building since… …
10Scapolite — (Gr. asairos , rod, stone), is a group of rock forming silicate minerals composed of aluminium, calcium and sodium silicate with chlorine, carbonate and sulfate. The variations in composition of the different members of the group may be expressed …
