shell limestone

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• shell-limestone — shellˈ limeˈstone noun A limestone mainly consisting of shells • • • Main Entry: ↑shell …   Useful english dictionary

• Shell Beach, Western Australia — Shell Beach is a beach and locality in the Shark Bay region of Western Australia, 45 kilometres south east of Denham.It covers a 110 km long stretch of coast along the L Haridon Bight. It is one of only two beaches in the world made entirely from …   Wikipedia

• Shell Falls — Infobox Waterfall name = Shell Falls caption = Shell Falls location = Big Horn Mountains, Wyoming flagicon|USA coordinates = coord|44.5872230529785| 107.613952636718|display=inline,title|name=Shell falls watercourse = Shell Creek type = height =… …   Wikipedia

• Shell marble — Marble Mar ble (m[aum]r b l), n. [OE. marbel, marbre, F. marbre, L. marmor, fr. Gr. ma rmaros, fr. marmai rein to sparkle, flash. Cf. {Marmoreal}.] 1. A massive, compact limestone; a variety of calcite, capable of being polished and used for… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• One Shell Square — General information Type Commercial offices Location 701 Poydras Street …   Wikipedia

• Tamala Limestone — is the geological name given to the widely occurring eolianite limestone deposits on the western coastline of Western Australia, between Shark Bay in the north and nearly to Albany in the south. The rock consists of calcarenite wind blown shell… …   Wikipedia

• Mollusc shell — Closed and open shells of a marine bivalve, Petricola pholadiformis. A bivalve shell is composed of two hinged valves which are joined by a ligament …   Wikipedia

• Snail Shell Cave — is a limestone cave in Rockvale, Tennessee. Snail Shell Cave lies on an convert|88|acre|ha|adj=on preserve near Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Snail Shell cave is owned by the Southeastern Cave Conservancy, which has called it one of the most… …   Wikipedia

• date-shell — dateˈ shell noun The date shaped shell of Lithodomus, or the animal itself, of the mussel family, a borer in limestone rocks • • • Main Entry: ↑date …   Useful english dictionary

• Clifden Limestone Caves — …   Wikipedia

• Muschelkalk — Musch el*kalk , n. [G., from muschel shell + kalk limestone.] (Geol.) A kind of shell limestone, whose strata form the middle one of the three divisions of the Triassic formation in Germany. See Chart, under {Geology}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English