nummulitic limestone

American  

noun

1. limestone composed predominantly of fossil nummulites.

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Etymology

Origin of nummulitic limestone

First recorded in 1825–35

Example Sentences

The pyramids are built of this nummulitic limestone.

From The Story of Evolution by McCabe, Joseph

Besides being a widespread formation the nummulitic limestone is locally several thousand feet thick.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" by Various

The enduring pyramids themselves are formed of the nummulitic limestone studded with its "Pharaoh's beans," the exuviæ of shell-fish that perished ages before the Nile had created Egypt.

From Roman Mosaics Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood by Macmillan, Hugh

Alps, age of metamorphic rocks in. —, nummulitic limestone and flysch of.

From The Student's Elements of Geology by Lyell, Charles, Sir

It was after the Eocene period that the main part of the elevation of the Himalayas took place, as is shown by the occurrence of nummulitic limestone at a height of 20,000 ft.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" by Various