claystone

/ ˈkleɪˌstəʊn /

noun

1. a compact very fine-grained rock consisting of consolidated clay particles

claystone

/ klā′stōn′ /

1. A fine-grained, dark gray to pink sedimentary rock consisting primarily of compacted and hardened clay. Claystone is similar to shale but without laminations.

Example Sentences

Here and there are idol figures, of grotesque and monster forms, carved from wood and the red claystone of the desert.

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Although fossiliferous, the stone resembles a sandy claystone of the trap family.

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Some of them were sitting around the fire, smoking out of curiously-carved pipes of the red claystone.

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The doctor drew out his great meerschaum, Gode filled a red claystone, while Seguin and I lit our husk cigarettes.

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We see them light their claystone pipes, and send forth clouds of blue vapour.

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