concretionary
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of concretionary
First recorded in 1820–30; concretion + -ary
Example Sentences
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From her upper crust come such delights of found art as miniature Matterhorns of icy blue molybdenite, spiky flowers of dendritic copper, peaceful crystal groupings of aquamarine beryl and fleshy green clumps of concretionary malachite.
From Time Magazine Archive
A white concretionary limestone, usually hard and semi-crystalline, deposited from the water of springs holding lime in solution.—Etym.
From Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology by Lyell, Charles, Sir
The former is present as regular strata and the latter in oval concretionary masses.
From North America by Russell, Israel C. (Cook)
The prevalence of crystalline, concretionary and drusy structures in dolomite can thus be simply explained.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" by Various
A steatitic asbestos rock, resembling "Mountain leather," forming important masses, which enclose small concretionary pellets of asbestos, the centres of which contain a nucleus of serpentine.
From Asbestos Its production and use, with some account of the asbestos mines of Canada by Jones, Robert H.
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