arenaceous

• The fragments in breccias may be of large size, or they may be comparatively small (fig. 6); and the matrix may be composed of sand (arenaceous) or of carbonate of lime (calcareous). —  The Ancient Life History of the Earth A Comprehensive Outline of the Principles and Leading Facts of Palæontological Science
• In other cases, as in some of the beds of the Carboniferous limestone in the North of England, where the limestone is highly "arenaceous," there is a modification of the oolitic structure. —  The Ancient Life History of the Earth A Comprehensive Outline of the Principles and Leading Facts of Palæontological Science
• Its lower portion, for a thickness of from 500 to 1000 feet, is arenaceous, and is known as the Hastings Sands. —  The Ancient Life History of the Earth A Comprehensive Outline of the Principles and Leading Facts of Palæontological Science
• Some are siliceous or arenaceous (sandstones), composed mainly of fine grains from the quartz rocks--the most abundant of the primary strata. —  Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation
• The arenaceous, or quartz rocks, including beds of loose sand and gravel, sandstone, quartzite, and conglomerate (a rock made of cemented rounded gravel or pebbles 2. —  The Elements of Geology

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