sandstone
noun
sand·stone
ˈsan(d)-ˌstōn 
: a sedimentary rock consisting of usually quartz sand united by some cement (such as silica or calcium carbonate)
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The pharaohs’ constant expansion of their temples to Amon resulted in the sandstone Luxor and Karnak complexes on the east bank of the Nile, which remain awesome even today.
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Chris Wallace, Travel + Leisure, 19 Apr. 2025
These organisms were preserved only as impressions or casts in quartz sandstones — typical of soft-bodied organisms that left little by way of hard skeletal parts.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
But in recent years, lung disease for miners has become a major concern again, Laney says, because coal increasingly comes from mines embedded in sandstone, and which generates dust that's 20 times more damaging to lungs than coal.
—Yuki Noguchi, NPR, 9 Apr. 2025
In 2019, however, Tone Blakesley, then a graduate student at the University of Edinburgh, found a three-toed dinosaur footprint preserved in the sandstone.
—Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Apr. 2025
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Chris Wallace, Travel + Leisure, 19 Apr. 2025
These organisms were preserved only as impressions or casts in quartz sandstones — typical of soft-bodied organisms that left little by way of hard skeletal parts.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
But in recent years, lung disease for miners has become a major concern again, Laney says, because coal increasingly comes from mines embedded in sandstone, and which generates dust that's 20 times more damaging to lungs than coal.
—Yuki Noguchi, NPR, 9 Apr. 2025
In 2019, however, Tone Blakesley, then a graduate student at the University of Edinburgh, found a three-toed dinosaur footprint preserved in the sandstone.
—Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Apr. 2025
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“Sandstone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sandstone. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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sandstone
noun
sand·stone
-ˌstōn
: a rock made of sand held together by a natural cement
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