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Definition of Lithographic limestone

Lithographic limestone
Lithographic Lith`o*graph"ic, Lithographical Lith`o*graph"ic*al, a. [Cf. F. lithographique.] Of or pertaining to lithography; made by lithography; as, the lithographic art; a lithographic picture. Lithographic limestone (Min.), a compact, fine-grained limestone, obtained largely from the Lias and O["o]lite, esp. of Bavaria, and extensively used in lithography. -- Lith`o*graph"ic*al*ly, adv.

Meaning of Lithographic limestone from wikipedia

- Lithographic limestone is hard limestone that is sufficiently fine-grained, homogeneous and defect free to be used for lithography. Geologists use the...
- and Munich (München) and were originally quarried as a source of lithographic limestone. The Jura Museum situated in Eichstätt, Germany has an extensive...
- the immiscibility of oil and water. The printing is from a stone (lithographic limestone) or a metal plate with a smooth surface. It was invented in 1796...
- The Lithographic limestones Formation is a geologic formation in France. It preserves fossils dating back to the Jur****ic period. Earth sciences portal...
- The Solnhofen Limestone or Solnhofen Plattenkalk is a collective term for multiple Late Jur****ic lithographic limestones in southeastern Germany, which...
- Ferdinand zu Pappenheim around 1780, having been recovered from a lithographic limestone quarry in Eichstätt. The actual date of the specimen's discovery...
- for the quality of its lithographic limestone. The area was, during the Late Jur****ic, a tropical lagoon. Lithographic limestone is formed by sedimentation...
- jewelry making. Carboniferous limestone Coquina Coral rag Coral sand Fossil beach Keystone S****y limestone Lithographic limestone Marl Millstone Plattenkalk...
- rag – Limestone composed of ancient coral reef material Chalk – Soft carbonate rock Fossiliferous limestone – Limestone containing fossils Lithographic limestone –...
- be regularly restored. The original site of the painting was on lithographic limestone, which was quarried away in the late 1870s by the Mississippi Lime...