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  • n  a sedimentary rock consisting of sand consolidated with some cement (clay or quartz etc.)

  • In a bed of sandstone on the bank of the Connecticut River near Holyoke, Mass.
  • But the most stunning treasure is found on the top floor, where the open terrace looks down into the vast sandstone courtyard of the 17th century Badshahi mosque.
  • The cementer bug feeds on urea and deposits calcite, which cements the soil together and turns shifting sand into sandstone.
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  • Farouk El-Baz in PhysOrg.com
    Field investigations and samples will determine the exact age of the lake,said El-Baz, director of the Boston University Center for Remote Sensing. "One thing is certain - much of the lake's water would have seeped through the sandstone...
  • Barack Obama in New York Times
    From coast to coast, Mr. Obama said, this bill "protects treasured places from the Appalachians of Virginia and West Virginia to Michigan's Upper Peninsula; from the canyons of Idaho to the sandstone cliffs of Utah; from the Sierra Nevadas in...

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