Definitionn. a sedimentary rock consisting mainly of calcium that was deposited by the remains of marine animals
Last update: October 19, 2015
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Limestone, iron and coal are also found. [Please select]
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[Footnote 17: Pale limestone, with dolomite. [Please select]
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It is lined with slabs of limestone, accurately joined together. [Please select]
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It may take place anywhere, the rigidity of the whole structure increasing of course in proportion to the accumulation of limestone. [Please select]
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The upper surface of the back consists of a strong limestone network (Fig.) [Please select]
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173, representing the little Sea-urchin before any arms are discernible, though the limestone rods are quite distinct. [Please select]
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Through three gaps water flowed between ore and coal and the very hills between were limestone. [Please select]
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The Colosseum was of travertine, a cheap white limestone, and faced with marble. [Please select]
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Many of the large assemblages of Guillemots in the British Islands are found where the rock is quartzite, mica-schist, limestone, or chalk. [Please select]
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Their greatest enemy is the kite, who often intercepts them in their passage to and from the caverns, which are generally surrounded with rocks of grey limestone or white marble. [Please select]
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And, strolling at leisure in the pleasant winter weather, he came presently to a street, stretching eastward in all the cold impressiveness of very new limestone and plate-glass. [Please select]
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