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CHALK |
Limestone |
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CALCITE |
Limestone mineral |
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CAVE |
Limestone formation |
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OOLITE |
Limestone formation |
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STALAGMITE |
Limestone formation |
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BAVIN |
Impure limestone. |
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STALAGMITES |
Limestone cave formations |
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STALACTITES |
Limestone cave formations |
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MARBLE |
Variety of limestone |
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GANIL |
A kind of brittle limestone. |
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SCAGLIA |
A reddish variety of limestone. |
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CALCIVOROUS |
Eroding, or eating into, limestone. |
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PEAGRIT |
A coarse pisolitic limestone. See Pisolite. |
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CORALLINE |
Composed of corallines; as, coralline limestone. |
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PURBECK STONE |
A limestone from the Isle of Purbeck in England. |
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GRANULIFORM |
Having a granular structure; granular; as, granuliform
limestone. |
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EOZOONAL |
Pertaining to the eozoon; containing eozoons; as,
eozoonal limestone. |
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CAEN STONE |
A cream-colored limestone for building, found near Caen,
France. |
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LUCULLITE |
A variety of black limestone, often polished for
ornamental purposes. |
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ENCRINITAL |
Relating to encrinites; containing encrinites, as
certain kinds of limestone. |
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MARMOROSIS |
The metamorphism of limestone, that is, its conversion
into marble. |
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SACCHAROIDAL |
Resembling sugar, as in taste, appearance,
consistency, or composition; as, saccharoidal limestone. |
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BORER |
Any bivalve mollusk (Saxicava, Lithodomus, etc.) which bores
into limestone and similar substances. |
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CARBONATE |
A salt or carbonic acid, as in limestone, some forms of
lead ore, etc. |
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FERROCALCITE |
Limestone containing a large percentage of iron
carbonate, and hence turning brown on exposure. |