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Indeed, the crinoidal limestone seemed to be built of the skeletons of these animals.

From Earth and Sky Every Child Should Know Easy studies of the earth and the stars for any time and place by Rogers, Julia Ellen

It is polished in large slabs at Ashford, where crinoidal, black and “rosewood” marbles are produced.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 2 "Demijohn" to "Destructor" by Various

Many of the Devonian limestones are "crinoidal;" and the Crinoids are the most abundant and widely-distributed representatives of their class in the deposits of this period.

From The Ancient Life History of the Earth A Comprehensive Outline of the Principles and Leading Facts of Palæontological Science by Nicholson, Henry Alleyne

Upper Lenne shales, crinoidal  limestone of Eifel, red  sandstones of Aix.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 3 "Destructors" to "Diameter" by Various

Thus, we have muschelkalk or shell-limestone, nummulitic, crinoidal, &c. limestone.

From Geology by Geikie, James