‘For those who would visualize Adobe Walls as a hardscrabble place, it should be noted that the restaurant run by Mrs. Olds served its food on imported white English _ironstone_ dishes.’
2.Sedimentary rock containing a substantial proportion of iron compounds.
‘Tectonic ironstones are typically 5-10 m thick horizons that are continuous for hundreds of metres to several kilometres.’
‘Keith tells Richard how the limestone of Wenlock Edge was a key factor in the Industrial Revolution because it was used to extract iron from the _ironstone_ .’
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‘For those who would visualize Adobe Walls as a hardscrabble place, it should be noted that the restaurant run by Mrs. Olds served its food on imported white English _ironstone_ dishes.’
