Limestone vs Shale - What's the difference?
limestone | shale |
(mineralogy) An abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments; primarily composed of calcite (CaCO?); it occurs in a variety of forms, both crystalline and amorphous.
Made of or with limestone.
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*:The house was a big elaborate limestone affair, evidently new. Winter sunshine sparkled on lace-hung casement, on glass marquise, and the burnished bronze foliations of grille and door.
A shell or husk; a cod or pod.
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(geology) A fine-grained sedimentary rock of a thin, laminated, and often friable, structure.
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To take off the shell or coat of.
As nouns the difference between limestone and shale
is that limestone is (mineralogy) an abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments; primarily composed of calcite (caco₃); it occurs in a variety of forms, both crystalline and amorphous while shale is saddle.As an adjective limestone
is made of or with limestone.limestone
English
(wikipedia limestone)Noun
Hyponyms
* (mineralogy) bluestone, burrstone, calp, coquina, coral rag, chalk, malm, travertine, tufaSee also
* karstAdjective
(-)Anagrams
* milestoneshale
English
(wikipedia shale)Noun
(en noun)- the green shales of a bean
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