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‖ gaize Geol.|geɪz| [Fr.] A fine-grained micaceous and calcareous sandstone found in Cretaceous beds in northern France and southern England.
1885A. Geikie Text-bk. Geol. (ed. 2) vi. 832 A porous calcareous and argillaceous sandstone known as Gaize, containing a large percentage of silica soluble in alkali. 1949Kirk & Othmer Encycl. Chem. Technol. III. 430 Along the valleys of the Meuse and Ardennes in France is an extensive formation of..gaize. This material..is used as a pozzolanic admixture with portland cement. The mixture is known as gaize cement. 1955G. G. Woodford tr. Gignoux's Stratigr. Geol. viii. 419 In the southern part of the Ardennes..we already know that its base is composed of the top of the gaize with Mortoniceras rostratum. |