Definition of sandstone
:a sedimentary rock consisting of usually quartz sand united by some cement (such as silica or calcium carbonate)
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Designated by Obama in the final weeks of his presidency last December, the site boasts iconic red-and-yellow sandstone structures, historic artifacts and petroglyphs carved into rock.
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My last stop was Damaraland’s Mowani Mountain Camp, designed to blend in with the area’s trademark red sandstone boulders.
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Here, within thick protective fortress walls made of limestone or sandstone or flint, the defenders could hole up for months.
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Stay at the 10-month-old Anantara Jabal Akhdar, a 115-room resort that blooms from the fertile Saiq Plateau like a sandstone fortress with canyon views.
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Built in 1935 as a WPA project, the 1,600-seat Mort Glosser Amphitheater is made from locally sourced sandstone.
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The Forrest Cemetery Chapel and Comfort Station, also known as the Ruth Cross Memorial Chapel, were constructed of sandstone blocks quarried on Lookout Mountain in 1935 by WPA workers.
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South Euclid was known in the early 20th century for its sandstone quarries, which had its origins in the lake.
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The white, paste-like sludge that spilled is a normal byproduct of in-situ uranium mining, in which water mixed with oxygen and baking soda dissolves uranium out of underground sandstone deposits.
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