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Sandstone vs Ganister - What's the difference?

sandstone | ganister |

As nouns the difference between sandstone and ganister

is that sandstone is a sedimentary rock produced by the consolidation and compaction of sand, cemented with clay etc while ganister is a hard, fine-grained sandstone, used in manufacturing silica bricks for lining furnaces.

sandstone

English

(wikipedia sandstone)

Noun

  • A sedimentary rock produced by the consolidation and compaction of sand, cemented with clay etc.
    • (-)

    Derived terms

    * metasandstone

    ganister

    English

    (wikipedia ganister)

    Alternative forms

    * (l)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A hard, fine-grained sandstone, used in manufacturing silica bricks for lining furnaces.
  • * 1991 , , Town of Claysburg - Refractories Company Town , Historic American Buildings Survey, page 2:
    • ''Like those in southern Huntingdon County, the ridges of southern Blair County were often covered with ganister."

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