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Definition of Limestones

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.

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- No pre-Jur****ic benthic limestones are known, probably because carbonate-s****ed plankton had not yet evolved. Limestones also form in freshwater environments...
- s****y limestones can differ in color, composition, hardness and texture depending on where the stone is formed. Generally, however, s****y limestones have...
- Limestone County is the name of two counties in the United States: Limestone County, Alabama Limestone County, Texas This disambiguation page lists articles...
- Fossiliferous limestone is a type of limestone that contains noticeable quantities of fossils or fossil traces. If a particular type of fossil dominates...
- 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 Hopedale Limestones is a geologic formation in England. It preserves fossils dating back to the Carboniferous period. Earth sciences portal England...
- Carboniferous Limestone is a collective term for the succession of limestones occurring widely throughout Great Britain and Ireland that were deposited...
- Ammonite biostratigraphy as a tool for dating Upper Jur****ic lithographic limestones from South Germany – first results and open questions." Neues Jahrbuch...
- fine-grained limestone with a somewhat co****r texture. The generally accepted theory for the origin of lithographic and sublithographic limestones is that...
- Wallow Group. This unit grades from sandstones at its base into mix of limestones and sandstone and then a shale at its top. In Southern Illinois oil wells...