Definition of Ironstones

1. ironstone [n] - See also: ironstone

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ironstones

ironmongeries
ironmongering
ironmongers
ironmongery
ironness
ironnesses
irons
irons in the fire
ironshod
ironshot
ironside
ironsmith
ironsmithing
ironsmiths
ironstone
ironstones
ironware
ironwares
ironweed
ironweeds
ironwoman
ironwomen
ironwood
ironwood tree
ironwoods
ironwork
ironworker
ironworkers
ironworking
ironworks

Literary usage of Ironstones

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Bulletin by Geological Survey of Western Australia (1900)
"The Ravensthorpe Range consists of much altered, probably sedimentary, rocks, since changed into banded quartzites, and now covered with nodular ironstones ..."

2. A Treatise on Ore Deposits by John Arthur Phillips (1884)
"Ironstones OF THE COAL-MEASURES.—The clay ironstones of the Coal-measures, which have so largely contributed to the prosperity of the iron trade of this ..."

3. Geological Magazine by Henry Woodward (1906)
"The dotted areas are covered by the Conglomerate series, and the lined ones by the Banded Ironstones (altered fine mechanical sediments, characterised by a ..."

4. Report on the Geology and Resources of the Region in the Vicinity of the by George Mercer Dawson (1875)
"COMPOSITION AND ECONOMIC VALUE OF LIGNITES AND Ironstones. ... mountains— Area of lignite-bearing formation—Ironstones of the Lignite Tertiary—Ironstones of ..."

5. Bulletin by Geological Survey of Western Australia (1898)
"The Ravensthorpe Range consists of much altered, probably sedimentary, rocks, since changed into banded quartzites, and now covered with nodular ironstones ..."

6. Memoirs and Proceedings of the Manchester Literary & Philosophical Society (1855)
"... Origin of Ironstones, and more particularly the newly discovered Red Stone at Ipstones, near Cheadle, Staffordshire; with some Account of the Ironstones ..."

7. The Coal and Iron Industries of the United Kingdom by Richard Meade (1882)
"Ironstones of the Coal Measures—Order of Occurrence—Description and Analyses —Iron Ore Deposits of the Carboniferous Limestone, Whitchurch, ..."

8. Report of the Annual Meeting (1858)
"On the Ironstones in the Oolitic District of Yorkshire. By JOHN PHILLIPS, MA, LL.D., FHS, Header in Geology in the University of Oxford. ..."

9. Bulletin by Geological Survey of Western Australia (1900)
"The Ravensthorpe Range consists of much altered, probably sedimentary, rocks, since changed into banded quartzites, and now covered with nodular ironstones ..."

10. A Treatise on Ore Deposits by John Arthur Phillips (1884)
"Ironstones OF THE COAL-MEASURES.—The clay ironstones of the Coal-measures, which have so largely contributed to the prosperity of the iron trade of this ..."

11. Geological Magazine by Henry Woodward (1906)
"The dotted areas are covered by the Conglomerate series, and the lined ones by the Banded Ironstones (altered fine mechanical sediments, characterised by a ..."

12. Report on the Geology and Resources of the Region in the Vicinity of the by George Mercer Dawson (1875)
"COMPOSITION AND ECONOMIC VALUE OF LIGNITES AND Ironstones. ... mountains— Area of lignite-bearing formation—Ironstones of the Lignite Tertiary—Ironstones of ..."

13. Bulletin by Geological Survey of Western Australia (1898)
"The Ravensthorpe Range consists of much altered, probably sedimentary, rocks, since changed into banded quartzites, and now covered with nodular ironstones ..."

14. Memoirs and Proceedings of the Manchester Literary & Philosophical Society (1855)
"... Origin of Ironstones, and more particularly the newly discovered Red Stone at Ipstones, near Cheadle, Staffordshire; with some Account of the Ironstones ..."

15. The Coal and Iron Industries of the United Kingdom by Richard Meade (1882)
"Ironstones of the Coal Measures—Order of Occurrence—Description and Analyses —Iron Ore Deposits of the Carboniferous Limestone, Whitchurch, ..."

16. Report of the Annual Meeting (1858)
"On the Ironstones in the Oolitic District of Yorkshire. By JOHN PHILLIPS, MA, LL.D., FHS, Header in Geology in the University of Oxford. ..."

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