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nouna sedimentary rock consisting of sand consolidated with some cement (clay or quartz etc.)type of:
Definition that contains sandstone
- grit a hard coarse-grained siliceous sandstone
- quartz a hard glossy mineral consisting of silicon dioxide in crystal form; present in most rocks (especially sandstone and granite); yellow sand is quartz with iron oxide impurities
- firestone a sandstone that withstands intense heat; used to line fireplaces and furnaces and kilns
- brownstone a reddish brown sandstone; used in buildings
- bluestone bluish-grey sandstone used for paving and building
- siltstone a fine-grained sandstone of consolidated silt
- nubian desert an arid sandstone plateau in northeastern Sudan between the Nile and the Red Sea
- abrading stone a primitive stone artifact (usually made of sandstone) used as an abrader
- clastic of or belonging to or being a rock composed of fragments of older rocks (e.g., conglomerates or sandstone)
- holystone a soft sandstone used for scrubbing the decks of a ship