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Definition of Limestone

Limestone
Limestone 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.

Meaning of Limestone from wikipedia

- Limestone (calcium carbonate CaCO3) is a type of carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of the material lime. It is composed mostly of the...
- topography formed from the dissolution of soluble carbonate rocks such as limestone, dolomite, and gypsum. It is characterized by features like poljes above...
- occurs widely, often in ****ociation with limestone and evaporites, though it is less abundant than limestone and rare in Cenozoic rock beds (beds less...
- member is a shaley limestone. The Jeffersonville Limestone is a co**** grained, dark gray, thick bedded, fossiliferous limestone. Quarries in ****ski...
- Limestone Township is the name of some places in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania: Limestone Township, Clarion County, Pennsylvania Limestone Township,...
- Fossiliferous limestone is a type of limestone that contains noticeable quantities of fossils or fossil traces. If a particular type of fossil dominates...
- Megagroup also Hunton Super Group, Hunton Group, Hunton Formation and Hunton Limestone is predominantly composed of carbonate rock, deposited between the Silurian...
- Limestone is an unincorporated community on the western border of Washington County and the eastern border of Greene County in the northeastern part of...
- the Ford Station Limestone, Tygett Sandstone and Cora Limestone Members. This sandstone unit is 0-120' thick. The Menard Limestone is a geologic formation...
- "Trenton Limestone". Indiana Geological and Water Survey. Indiana University. Retrieved 6 July 2020. Orton, Edward (1889). "THE TRENTON LIMESTONE AS A SOURCE...