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Definition of: limestone
(līm′stōn′) noun
A rock composed wholly or in part of calcium carbonate. When containing magnesium carbonate, it is dolomitic or magnesian; when clayey, argillaceous; when sandy or quartzose, siliceous. Crystalline limestone is called marble.
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