Definition of Sandstane
Sand"stone` (?), n. A rock made of
sand more or less firmly united. Common or siliceous sandstone
consists mainly of quartz sand.
&fist; 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.
Sand"stone` (?), n. A rock made of
sand more or less firmly united. Common or siliceous sandstone
consists mainly of quartz sand.
&fist; 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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- A sedimentary rock produced by the consolidation and compaction of sand, cemented with clay etc.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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