Look up: ironstone

1. ironstone
   continuous hardpan as a result of incrustation of tropical soil by ferric oxide and aluminium dehydratation Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries • rock whose mineral grains are cemented by ion oxide. Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries
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2. Ironstone
   I'ron·stone` noun A hard, earthy ore of iron. Clay ironstone . See under Clay . -- Ironstone china , a hard white pottery, first made in England during the 18th century.
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3. Ironstone
   • (n.) A hard, earthy ore of iron.
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4. ironstone
   (from the article `sedimentary rock`) ...extensive, locally thick sequences composed of alternating thin (millimetre to centimetre thick) layers of mainly crystalline-textured iron-rich ...
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5. Ironstone
   Ironstone is a sedimentary rock, either deposited directly as a ferruginous sediment or created by chemical repacement, that contains a substantial proportion of an iron compound from which iron either can be or once was smelted commercially. This term is customarily restricted to hard coarsely ban...
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6. Ironstone
   Ironstone is a rock containing at least fifteen percent iron. Ironstone forms in igneous rocks through mahmatic differentiation - dense heavy minerals such as magnetite crystallise first and sink to the base of the molten magma to form an iron-rich layer. Ironstone also forms in sedimentary rocks such as limestone and sandstone.
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7. Ironstone
   [disambiguation] Ironstone is a type of sedimentary rock. Ironstone may also refer to: ...
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