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portland stone

[¦pȯrt·lənd ′stōn]
(materials)
A type of oolitic limestone that consists of fossils cemented together with lime; found only on the Isle of Portland, Dorset, England.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

portland stone, Portland limestone

An oölitic limestone which is quarried on the Isle of Portland, off the coast of England; widely used as a building stone in London.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Architecture and Construction. Copyright © 2003 by McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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