Usually means: Hard, compact, fine-grained sedimentary rock.
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  1. claystone: Collins English Dictionary
  2. claystone: Vocabulary.com
  3. claystone: Wiktionary
  4. claystone: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  5. claystone: Dictionary.com
  6. Claystone: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. claystone: Rhymezone
  8. claystone: FreeDictionary.org
  9. claystone: Mnemonic Dictionary
  10. claystone: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. CLAYSTONE: Ceramic Glossary Database

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Definitions from Wiktionary (claystone)

▸ noun:  (geology) Sedimentary rock composed of fine clay particles.
▸ noun:  One of the concretionary nodules in alluvial deposits.

Similar:
mudstone, clay, lutite, sandstone, cornstone, slate, freestone, claypan, carstone, china clay, more...

Types:
siltstone, shale, mudstone, argillite, more...

Adjectives:
red, calcareous, gray, grey, sandy, brown, dark, green, laminated, porphyritic, siliceous

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Similar:
mudstone, clay, lutite, sandstone, cornstone, slate, freestone, claypan, carstone, china clay, more...

Types:
siltstone, shale, mudstone, argillite, more...

Adjectives:
red, calcareous, gray, grey, sandy, brown, dark, green, laminated, porphyritic, siliceous



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