grey limestone

collocation in English

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grey
adjective
uk
/ɡreɪ/us
/ɡreɪ/
of the colour that is a mixture of black and white, the colour of ...
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limestone
noun[U]
uk
/ˈlaɪm.stəʊn/us
/ˈlaɪm.stoʊn/
a white or light grey rock that is used as a building material and in the making ...
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(Definition ofgreyandlimestonefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The lithology of the sediment is also fairly unusual in comprising clasts of finely laminatedgreylimestone.
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The cool,greylimestoneand the warm-hued gritstone which form the traditional building materials are still being quarried.
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Traditional massing and coolgreylimestonewalls, oak posts and natural slate roof reflect a concern with regional typologies, craft techniques and materials.
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It is built of rough cut, palegreylimestoneand has a shallow pitched gable roof.
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The mountain is made up ofgreylimestonewith a cap of sandstone and shales and is extensively quarried by local companies.
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The town hall is built out ofgreylimestoneand the roof out of clay roof tiles.
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The belfry openings are arched and flanked with smoothgreylimestonemasonry colonnettes.
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These three aisles are separated by two 4-pillar rows, made of localgreylimestone.
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Large flakes, picks, large scrapers and choppers made on discoid cores were found, most frequently in chert-like flint or siliciousgreylimestone.
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The cathedral is faced with palegreylimestone, which was easily chiselled then hardened on exposure.
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The entire monument is build fromgreylimestonein the district in the form of large blocks used in a trapezoidal/partially polygonal system.
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