limestone
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The pale limestone cliffs loomed, an essential feature of the Texas Hill Country.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026
Designed to exude a feeling of “understated luxury,” the well-appointed abode has been designed with only the most high-caliber materials, starting with its limestone facade, which blends beautifully with the greenery that surrounds it.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 10, 2026
"The area we were collecting in is karst, so it's made of sharp, edgy limestone, and it's lost all of its natural soils," Riegler said.
From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026
Blood stained the white limestone rocks, blending in with the West Bank's distinctive reddish soil.
From Barron's • Mar. 15, 2026
At the one extreme was Henderson Island, an old coral reef raised above sea level and devoid of stone Other than limestone.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
Vocabulary lists containing limestone
Earth Science - Middle School
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Earth Science - High School
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Rocks and Minerals - Middle School and High School
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