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sandstone

 

  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sandstone  \Sand"stone`\,  n. 
  A  rock  made  of  sand  more  or  less  firmly  united.  Common  or 
  siliceous  sandstone  consists  mainly  of  quartz  sand. 
 
  Note:  Different  names  are  applied  to  the  various  kinds  of 
  sandstone  according  to  their  composition;  as  granitic, 
  argillaceous,  micaceous,  etc 
 
  {Flexible  sandstone}  (Min.),  the  finer-grained  variety  of 
  itacolumite,  which  on  account  of  the  scales  of  mica  in  the 
  lamination  is  quite  flexible. 
 
  {Red  sandstone},  a  name  given  to  two  extensive  series  of 
  British  rocks  in  which  red  sandstones  predominate,  one 
  below,  and  the  other  above,  the  coal  measures.  These  were 
  formerly  known  as  the  Old  and  the  New  Red  Sandstone 
  respectively,  and  the  former  name  is  still  retained  for 
  the  group  preceding  the  Coal  and  referred  to  the  Devonian 
  age,  but  the  term  New  Red  Sandstone  is  now  little  used 
  some  of  the  strata  being  regarded  as  Permian  and  the 
  remained  as  Triassic.  See  the  Chart  of  {Geology}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  sandstone 
  n  :  a  sedimentary  rock  consisting  of  sand  consolidated  with  some 
  cement  (clay  or  quartz  etc.) 
 
  From  U.S.  Gazetteer  (1990)  [gazetteer]: 
 
  Sandstone,  MN  (city,  FIPS  58396) 
  Location:  46.12517  N,  92.86459  W 
  Population  (1990):  2057  (538  housing  units) 
  Area:  11.1  sq  km  (land),  0.3  sq  km  (water) 
  Sandstone,  WV 
  Zip  code(s):  25985




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