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Definitions of sandstone in various dictionaries:
noun - a sedimentary rock consisting of sand consolidated with some cement (clay or quartz etc.)
A sedimentary rock formed by the consolidation and compaction of sand and held together by a natural cement, such as silica.
SANDSTONE - Sandstone is a clastic sedimentary rock composed mainly of sand-sized (0.0625 to 2 mm) mineral particles or rock fragments. Most sandstone is compose...
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| Brownstone is a variety of this rock, formed when grains of quartz & other minerals are bound together |
| The walls of the White House are this "stone", a type of sedimentary rock, that has been painted over |
| The Amar Singh Gate at the fort of Agra, India, is made of this second-most-common sedimentary rock |
| Thin slabs of itacolumite, a rare kind of this "grainy" rock, can actually be bent or squeezed out of shape |
| Originally called Stone Bridge, the Charles Bridge was built with this "stone", like the walls of the White House |
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Sandstone is a clastic sedimentary rock composed mainly of sand-sized (0.0625 to 2 mm) mineral particles or rock fragments. * Most sandstone is composed of quartz or feldspar (both silicates) because they are the most resistant minerals to weathering processes at the Earth's surface, as seen in Bowen's reaction series. Like uncemented sand, sandstone may be any color due to impurities within the minerals, but the most common colors are tan, brown, yellow, red, grey, pink, white, and black. Since sandstone beds often form highly visible cliffs and other topographic features, certain colors of sandstone have been strongly identified with certain regions. * Rock formations that are primarily composed of sandstone usually allow the percolation of water and other fluids and are porous enough to store large quantities, making them valuable aquifers and petroleum reservoirs. Fine-grained aquifers, such as sandstones, are better able to filter out pollutants from the surface than are rocks with cr |