Indiana limestone
noun
Definition of Indiana limestone
: a usually gray or buff oolitic Mississippian limestone of the lower Carboniferous that is uniform and easily worked and widely used for building
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Origin and Etymology of indiana limestone
so called from its quarrying site in southern Indiana
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