amygdaloidal
Britishadjective
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(of a volcanic rock) containing amygdales
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a less common form of amygdaloid
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The structure in one of these specimens approaches to the amygdaloidal.
From Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia Performed between the years 1818 and 1822 — Volume 2 by King, Phillip Parker
It occurs in a series of amygdaloidal dolerites or diabases, and in the associated sandstones and conglomerates.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 3 "Convention" to "Copyright" by Various
On some of the ranges we crossed, the rocks were amygdaloidal, containing nests of a white zeolite, the fractured planes of which glittered like gems on the pathway.
From The Naturalist in Nicaragua by Belt, Thomas
I ascended one, and found it was capped with trap rock in amygdaloidal nodules.
From Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia by Mitchell, Thomas
In India agates occur abundantly in the amygdaloidal varieties of the Deccan and Rajmahal traps, and as pebbles in the detritus derived from these rocks.
From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
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