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Nummulite limestone
A thick bed of limestone, of Eocene age, composed mainly of the remains of the foraminifer Nummulites. The formation stretches from the Alps through Iran to China. It is the stone of which the Great Pyramid is built.
- Kalbos dalis: noun
- Pramonės šaka / sritis: Mining
- Category: General mining; Mineral mining
- Government Agency: USBM
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