amygdaloidal
Britishadjective
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(of a volcanic rock) containing amygdales
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a less common form of amygdaloid
Example Sentences
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This hill consisted of amygdaloidal trap in nodules, the crevices being filled with crystals of sulphate of lime, and there were many round balls of ironstone, like marbles or round shot, strewed about.
From Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia by Thomas Mitchell
When the vesicles are filled up with some mineral, the rock is said to be amygdaloidal, from the almond shape assumed by the kernels filling the cavities.
From Geology by James Geikie
Crystals are found as a rarity in the amygdaloidal cavities of igneous rocks.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" 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 Thomas Belt
The amygdaloidal masses, contained in the amygdaloid, are either entirely pistacite, or pistacite enclosing calc-spar.
From A Journey from Prince of Wales's Fort in Hudson's Bay to the Northern Ocean in the Years 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772 New Edition with Introduction, Notes, and Illustrations by J. B. Tyrrell
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