Look up: ganister

1. Ganister
   A very hard rock that is ground to a powder. Fireclay is added to this, and the mixture is applied to make furnace linings that can withstand very high temperatures. Some was mined near Bowes, County Durham for the Teeside Ironworks.
   Found on http://www.keystothepast.info/durhamcc/k
   
   
2. ganister
   pulmonary silicosis from mining ganister,a close grained mineral consisting of 95% silica(1) Category: Medicine • a silica rock formed by deposition of dissolved silica in the siliceous bed-earth of coal seams. Category: Iron and steel industries
   Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition
   
   
3. Ganister
   • (n.) Alt. of Gannister
   Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning
   
   
4. ganister
   silicious stone, generally found in the strata above and adjacent to coal seams. It is used for mending roads, and, when ground, to make pots for melting steel.
   Found on http://www2.shu.ac.uk/sfca/glossary.cfm
   
   
5. Ganister
   A `ganister` is hard, fine-grained quartzose sandstone, or orthoquartzite,<ref name="JacksonOthers1997">Jackson, J. A., 1997, Glossary of geology, 4th ed. American Geological Institute, Alexandria. ISBN 0-922152-34-9--> used in the manufacture of silica brick typically used to li...
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