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Definition of Sandstone

1. Noun. A sedimentary rock consisting of sand consolidated with some cement (clay or quartz etc.).

Definition of Sandstone

1. n. A rock made of sand more or less firmly united. Common or siliceous sandstone consists mainly of quartz sand.

Definition of Sandstone

1. Noun. A sedimentary rock produced by the consolidation and compaction of sand, cemented with clay etc. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sandstone

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Medical Definition of Sandstone

1. A rock made of sand more or less firmly united. Common or siliceous sandstone consists mainly of quartz sand. Different names are aplied to the various kinds of sandstone according to their composition; as, granitic, argillaceous, micaceous, etc. Flexible sandstone, 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. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Sandstone

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"It exists in several States as a sandstone, requiring crushing and ... Present and prospective resources Granite, Limestone, Marble, Sandstone, Slate. ..."

2. Bulletin by Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey (1900)
"All of Douglas county north of the Douglas range is underlain by this sandstone. Outcrops along the Lake Superior shore in Douglas county have not been ..."

3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"It exists in several States as a sandstone, requiring crashing and screening; ... Sandstone. Slate. Granite. Limestone, Marble, Sandstone, Rocks and Tuffs. ..."

4. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1880)
"Shale and sandstone 22' 29. Coal bed extreme thickness 15' 30. Sandstone 45' 81. Shale from 0'to 5' 32. Coalbed extreme thickness 8' 33. Shale 0' 34. ..."

5. Report by Tasmania Dept. of Mines (1902)
"10 0 Broken sandstone 6 0 ... 16 0 Solid sandstone 9 0 ... 25 0 Broken sandstone 30 0 ... 55 0 Sandstone, intermixed with decomposed vegetable matter 27 0 . ..."

6. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences by New York Academy of Sciences (1917)
"This sandstone is believed to be calcareous. It bears manganese ore in tin- upper part 128 Sandstone, red, massive 400± .. 1087% NORTHEASTERN UTAH AND ..."

7. Manual of Geology: Treating of the Principles of the Science with Special by James Dwight Dana (1894)
"Sandstone and shale CO', limestone 5', sandstone 20', fire clay 3'— 88' Uniontown coal-btd l'-S' Sandstone and shale 60', limestone and shale 18', ..."

8. Essay on the Theory of the Earth by Georges Cuvier, Robert Jameson, Samuel Latham Mitchill (1818)
"Of Sandstone and Sand without Shells. The sandstone with shells is one of the ... Upper Marine Sandstone and Sand. This sandstone.or last marine formation, ..."

9. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"It exists in several States as a sandstone, requiring crushing and ... Present and prospective resources Granite, Limestone, Marble, Sandstone, Slate. ..."

10. Bulletin by Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey (1900)
"All of Douglas county north of the Douglas range is underlain by this sandstone. Outcrops along the Lake Superior shore in Douglas county have not been ..."

11. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"It exists in several States as a sandstone, requiring crashing and screening; ... Sandstone. Slate. Granite. Limestone, Marble, Sandstone, Rocks and Tuffs. ..."

12. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1880)
"Shale and sandstone 22' 29. Coal bed extreme thickness 15' 30. Sandstone 45' 81. Shale from 0'to 5' 32. Coalbed extreme thickness 8' 33. Shale 0' 34. ..."

13. Report by Tasmania Dept. of Mines (1902)
"10 0 Broken sandstone 6 0 ... 16 0 Solid sandstone 9 0 ... 25 0 Broken sandstone 30 0 ... 55 0 Sandstone, intermixed with decomposed vegetable matter 27 0 . ..."

14. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences by New York Academy of Sciences (1917)
"This sandstone is believed to be calcareous. It bears manganese ore in tin- upper part 128 Sandstone, red, massive 400± .. 1087% NORTHEASTERN UTAH AND ..."

15. Manual of Geology: Treating of the Principles of the Science with Special by James Dwight Dana (1894)
"Sandstone and shale CO', limestone 5', sandstone 20', fire clay 3'— 88' Uniontown coal-btd l'-S' Sandstone and shale 60', limestone and shale 18', ..."

16. Essay on the Theory of the Earth by Georges Cuvier, Robert Jameson, Samuel Latham Mitchill (1818)
"Of Sandstone and Sand without Shells. The sandstone with shells is one of the ... Upper Marine Sandstone and Sand. This sandstone.or last marine formation, ..."

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