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Calp

CALP

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Noun.
A subspecies of carbonate of lime, of a bluish black, gray or grayish blue, but its streak is white, called also argillo-fer-ruginous limestone. It is intermediate between compact limestone and marl.

Definition 2024


calp

calp

English

Noun

calp (plural calps)

  1. (geology) A dark shaly limestone occurring in the Carboniferous limestone of Ireland.

References

  • The Chambers Dictionary (1993)

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