Limestone
A sedimentary carbonate rock composed principally of calcium carbonate and used as a building stone and industrial mineral.
How it connects
In other taxonomies
- LimestoneUniclass, Ma_40_84_79_48nearly the same
- limestoneGetty AAT, 300011286nearly the same
- limestoneWikidata, Q23757nearly the same
For developersRecord, identifiers and graph
Where it sits
One rule per term beside it, taller for each narrower term
The word “limestone”
2 meanings
- LimestoneMaterial, this termNo default
- limestoneColorScope named colorNo default
Record
- Broader
- Stone
- Narrower
- Travertine
- Provenance
- referencedhttps://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2008/3089/, read 30 Aug 2026
For machines
Permanent address
/id/material/limestoneKnowledge graph
Stored incoming and outgoing relations from the public V1 graph. Ancestors, descendants, and siblings are labelled as derived views rather than stored facts.
- has-conceptMaterialincoming
- has-conceptMaterialincoming
- belongs-to-axisMaterialoutgoing
- belongs-to-facetMaterialoutgoing
- broaderStoneoutgoing
- narrowerTravertineoutgoing
- narrowerStoneincoming
- broaderTravertineincoming
Derived hierarchy views
- ancestor (derived)Stoneoutgoing
- ancestor (derived)Mineraloutgoing
- descendant (derived)Travertineoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Alabasteroutgoing
- sibling (derived)Basaltoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Graniteoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Marbleoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Onyxoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Quartziteoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Sandstoneoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Slateoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Soapstoneoutgoing
Crosswalks
| Scheme | Identifier | Their label, or the search | How close |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uniclass | Ma_40_84_79_48 | Limestone | nearly the same |
| Getty AAT | 300011286 | limestone | nearly the same |
| Wikidata | Q23757 | limestone | nearly the same |