Silt vs Limestone - What's the difference?
silt | limestone |
Mud or fine earth deposited from running or standing water.
Material with similar physical characteristics, whatever its origins or transport.
(geology) A particle from 3.9 to 62.5 microns in diameter, following the Wentworth scale
To clog or fill with silt.
To become clogged with silt.
To flow through crevices; to percolate.
(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.
