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Floatstone vs Wackestone - What's the difference?

floatstone | wackestone |

As nouns the difference between floatstone and wackestone

is that floatstone is a kind of calcareous rock, more than 10% of which is made up of grains larger than two millimetres, and which is matrix-supported while wackestone is a calcareous rock consisting of more than 10% grains, supported by a lime mud.

floatstone

English

Noun

  • A kind of calcareous rock, more than 10% of which is made up of grains larger than two millimetres, and which is matrix-supported.

    • wackestone

    English

    Noun

  • A calcareous rock consisting of more than 10% grains, supported by a lime mud.