arenaceous

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Cornstone is a limestone containing a large quantity of arenaceous matter or sand.

From Geology by Geikie, James

It appears that the numerous caverns of the Morea occur in a compact limestone, of the age of the English chalk, immediately below which are arenaceous strata referred to the period of our greensand.

From Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology by Lyell, Charles, Sir

The Arabs say that, once “submerged” beneath the arenaceous “flood”, a man loses the power to extricate himself.

From The Boy Slaves by Reid, Mayne

In places the gneiss has been so little changed by heat and pressure that it forms arenaceous flags and shales.

From To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II A Personal Narrative by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

On an arenaceous strip projecting from the western edge the women were washing and panning where the bottom of the digging was below that of the river.

From To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II A Personal Narrative by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir