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Definition of Ganister

Ganister
Ganister Gan"is*ter, Gannister Gan"nis*ter, n. (Mech.) A refractory material consisting of crushed or ground siliceous stone, mixed with fire clay; -- used for lining Bessemer converters; also used for macadamizing roads.

Meaning of Ganister from wikipedia

- A ganister (or sometimes gannister ) is hard, fine-grained quartzose sandstone, or orthoquartzite, used in the manufacture of silica brick typically used...
- number of different names, such as underclay, fireclay, flint clay, and ganister, can be applied to a specific seatearth. Underclay is a seatearth composed...
- Ganister is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Blair County, Pennsylvania, United States. It was first listed as a CDP prior...
- counted. The po****tion was 5,641 at the 2020 census. Coal, iron ore, ganister, and limestone are found in the vicinity. In the past, the borough had...
- contains larger crystals Flint – Cryptocrystalline form of the mineral quartz Ganister – Hard, fine-grained quartzose sandstone, or orthoquartzite Gossan – Intensely...
- made from ganister, a sort of sandstone. Many ganister and fireclay mines existed in the area supplying the local firms of Bramalls (ganister bricks and...
- outdoor recreational region with extensive forests and scattered deposits of ganister rock, coal, fire clay, and limestone deposits. Historically, the region...
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- California and had an area of 14,976 square inches (96,620 cm2). In 2008, Marie Ganister and Glenda Castelli created a 146 feet (45 m) BLT – a sandwich originally...
- 'acidic' liner of the Bessemer converter, made from siliceous sandstone or ganister, was replaced by a 'basic' liner in the newer Gilchrist Thomas process...