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Definition of Sandstones

Sandstone
Sandstone Sand"stone`, n. A rock made of sand more or less firmly united. Common or siliceous sandstone consists mainly of quartz sand. Note: Different names are applied to the various kinds of sandstone according to their composition; as, granitic, argillaceous, micaceous, etc. Flexible sandstone (Min.), the finer-grained variety of itacolumite, which on account of the scales of mica in the lamination is quite flexible. Red sandstone, a name given to two extensive series of British rocks in which red sandstones predominate, one below, and the other above, the coal measures. These were formerly known as the Old and the New Red Sandstone respectively, and the former name is still retained for the group preceding the Coal and referred to the Devonian age, but the term New Red Sandstone is now little used, some of the strata being regarded as Permian and the remained as Triassic. See the Chart of Geology.

Meaning of Sandstones from wikipedia

- cemented together by another mineral. Sandstones comprise about 20–25% of all sedimentary rocks. Most sandstone is composed of quartz or feldspar, because...
- Lithic sandstones, or lithic arenites, or litharenites, are sandstones with a significant (>5%) component of lithic fragments, though quartz and feldspar...
- The Nubian Sandstone is a variety of sedimentary rock deposited on the Precambrian ba****t in the eastern Sahara, north-east Africa and Arabian Peninsula...
- Red Sandstone may refer to: Sandstone appearing red due to the inclusion of iron oxides (hematite) Old Red Sandstone, a British lithostratigraphic unit...
- various Lake Superior sandstones were divided into the Jacobsville, Freda, and Munising. The Jacobsville reflects the sandstones described as either lower...
- The Hutton Sandstone is a geological formation of the Surat Basin in Queensland, Australia. The ferruginous sandstones and coal were deposited in a floodplain...
- The Tessé Sandstones is a geologic formation in France. It preserves fossils dating back to the Jur****ic period. Earth sciences portal France portal Paleontology...
- Beds, Pilton Shales) Baggy Sandstones Formation (Baggy Beds, Marwood Beds) Upcott Slates Formation Pickwell Down Sandstones Formation Morte Slates Formation...
- to: Sandstone, Western Australia Sandstone Gold Mine, a gold mine in Western Australia. Calgary, colloquially known as the "Sandstone City" Sandstone Valley...
- The Skrinkle Sandstones Group is a late Devonian to early Carboniferous lithostratigraphic group (a sequence of rock strata) in west Wales. The name is...