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The Third Magnesian Limestone which occupies such a large portion of Southwest Missouri, often contains very large caves.

From Cave Regions of the Ozarks and Black Hills by Owen, Luella Agnes

The Magnesian Limestone deposits succeed the carboniferous, and sometimes pass into them by insensible gradations.

From An Expository Outline of the "Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation" With a Notice of the Author's "Explanations:" A Sequel to the Vestiges by Anonymous

This formation is divided into the Upper New Red in which the Muschelkalk is included, and the Lower New Red, of which the Magnesian Limestone is a member.

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

The Lower Magnesian limestone.—The conditions of sedimentation finally changed in the area under consideration.

From The Geography of the Region about Devils Lake and the Dalles of the Wisconsin by Atwood, Wallace W.

Magnesian limestones, which contain both dolomite and calcite, may be etched by exposing polished surfaces for a brief time to cold weak acid; the calcite is removed, leaving small pits or depressions.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" by Various