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mudstone

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mudstone [′məd‚stōn]
(geology)
An indurated equivalent of mud in the form of a blocky or massive, fine-grained sedimentary rock containing approximately equal proportions of silt and clay; lacks the fine lamination or fissility of shale.


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The substandard mudstone was susceptible to frost and likely to crack up the road surface.
Alas, this fascinating chunk of rock, sticking out of the nye mudstone near Depoe Bay and discovered recently by a beachcomber, is probably only a feast for the imagination and not an ancient Testudines, say scientists and fossil experts who've taken a closer gander.
The millionaire businesswoman is a partner in Mudstone LLP - which wants to build 40 homes on a field in Brixham, Devon.
 
 
 
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