And no doubt there is plenty of magnesian limestone in these mountains which could be had if ever needed.
I may, however, mention two others-- magnesian limestone or dolomite, and gypsum.
Magnesian limestone is composed of carbonate of lime and carbonate of magnesia; the proportion of the latter amounting in some cases to nearly one half.
Dolomite, so common in many parts of Germany and France, is also a variety of magnesian limestone, usually of a granular texture.
It is composed of a diversified mass of Magnesian Limestone, generally of a yellow colour, but sometimes red and brown, and bituminous clay, the last black and fetid.
The distinguishing feature of this district is that it is composed of magnesian limestone, which rises in peaks of a most singular degree of sharpness and streaked by veins of the most startling colours.
This rock is used in many places for building; indeed our most splendid monument of Gothic architecture, York Minster, is constructed of magnesian limestone.
The lime resulting from the calcination of magnesian limestone appears to have an injurious action on vegetation, unless applied in quantities considerably less than common lime, when it is found to fertilize the soil.
The early geological reports represent the Magnesian Limestone series as made up of seven members.
The Fourth" Magnesian Limestone, or lowest number of the Ozark series recognized, has its typical exposures along the Niangua and Osage rivers in Morgan and Camden counties.
Another remarkable feature of the Permian rocks is the occurrence of great beds of magnesian limestone, or dolomite.
Magnesian limestone or dolomite, differs from ordinary limestone in containing a certain proportion of carbonate of magnesia along with the carbonate of lime.
The magnesian limestone, however, of the Middle Permians is, as a rule, so well marked a feature that it was long spoken of as the Magnesian Limestone.
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