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limestone
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2009
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lime·stone
/ ˈlīmˌstōn/
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n.
a hard sedimentary rock, composed mainly of calcium carbonate or dolomite, used as building material and in the making of cement.
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Limestone Fillers Conserve Cement
Magazine article from: Concrete International; 12/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...finer of the two limestones in Fig. 1. If the limestone is of similar fineness...Finally, when the limestone is coarser than...coarser of the two limestones in Fig. 1. Figure...volume, and 10% limestone replacement by mass...
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 "The Record (Bergen County, NJ)")
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Limestone countertops have classic look
Newspaper article from: The Record (Bergen County, NJ); 5/17/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...Bergen County, NJ) 05-17-2009 Limestone countertops have classic look -- Special...Editions Column: ASK THE BUILDER DEAR TIM: Limestone countertops are on my radar for a new...me, saying I'll have problems with limestone. He says common foods will stain it...
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Kinta limestone hills under siege
Newspaper article from: New Straits Times; 6/20/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...New Straits Times 06-20-2000 Kinta limestone hills under siege Byline: G. Davison...Earth Matters Memo: (STF) - The limestone hills around the Kinta Valley in Ipoh...looted before our very eyes. There are 45 limestone hills here, which are like gold coins...
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Limestone Has Made Indiana Edifice Rex; Monumental Needs Keep Quarries Busy
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 12/8/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...S. Capitol has seen the stately gray limestone that generations of Indiana stoneworkers...using replacement stone quarried by Indiana Limestone Co., which also provided the original limestone for the building in 1931. The Pentagon...
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Limestone adorns world-class music center: limestone and sandstone were used for the Robert and Judi Newman Performing Arts Center at the University of Denver in Denver, CO, to reflect the capabilities of the structure. (Institutional Architecture).
Magazine article from: Stone World; 4/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...the chancellor asked that the Indiana limestone trim and red brick -- prevalent in most...Rodgers first thought that using all limestone may be an option for the exterior of...University campus that use all Indiana limestone, but we thought that the look worked...
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Portland-limestone cement - the UK situation
Magazine article from: Concrete; 3/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; Portland-limestone cements (PLCs) are produced at numerous...uses of factory-produced Portland-limestone cements. It is hoped that they will...grinding Portland cement clinker with limestone. They are covered by the cement standard...
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 "Decatur Daily (Decatur, AL)")
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W. Limestone has easy time in Elkmont.
Newspaper article from: Decatur Daily (Decatur, AL); 1/25/2006; 567 words
; ...scored in double figures to pace West Limestone High's boys basketball team past host Elkmont 81-61 in the Limestone County Tournament on Tuesday night. The victory put third-seeded West Limestone (17-8) into Friday's semifinal game...
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Determining limestone application rates.
Magazine article from: Countryside & Small Stock Journal; 1/1/1993; ; 700+ words
; ...not give his formula for determining limestone application rates in this book, but...leaves and compost), use the high end. Limestone is not all calcium. High magnesium (dolomitic) limestone may only contain 20 percent calcium while...
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Remembering limestone.(STONE COLUMN)
Magazine article from: Stone World; 3/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...range of traditional and contemporary limestone architecture on every street corner...of Texas to the local La Quinta Inn, limestone was woven into the fabric of the town...budget enterprises like Taco Bell used limestone on their exterior (and I mean "real...
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Limestone pavements in the British Isles: a review.
Magazine article from: The Geographical Journal; 11/1/1995; ; 700+ words
; ...degrees] no limestone pavements usually...the Carboniferous limestones of South Wales...research on the limestone petrology. Williams...the Carboniferous limestones of Yorkshire are...more compact than limestones elsewhere in the...the Great Scar limestone of northern England...
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Limestone
Book article from: World of Earth Science
...with extensive limestone deposits characterize...and Cretaceous. Limestones are particularly...from within many limestone formations. The calcite in limestones is also susceptible...dolomite where the limestone meets magnesium...
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SIC 1422 Crushed and Broken Limestone
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of American Industries
SIC 1422CRUSHED AND BROKEN LIMESTONE This industry consists of establishments...mining or quarrying crushed and broken limestone, including related rocks, such...in the grinding or pulverizing of limestone, but establishments primarily engaged...
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limestones
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Earth
...Ancient indurated (hardened) limestones are composed of calcite...geological history, and all limestones do not originate from what...seated crustal processes. Limestone and their modern carbonate...Carbonate sediments and limestones are composed of grains and...
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limestone pavements
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Earth
...last ice cover, the limestone outcrops were not swept...that the origin of limestone pavements found on...We know that these limestones were laid down in a...calcreted zones in these limestones are relatively poorly...horizons. In this sense, limestone pavements on Dinantian...
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Folk limestone classification
Book article from: A Dictionary of Earth Sciences
Folk limestone classification...components to limestones . These are...x2019;, and a limestone comprising...x2019;. Limestones which lack...Organically bound limestones, e.g. reef...textural scheme a limestone with varying...
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