flowstone
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of flowstone
Example Sentences
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The researchers, including experts from Johannesburg and France, examined radioactive decay in rocks buried at the same time as the fossils, whereas earlier estimates were based on calcite flowstone deposits.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 29, 2022
She also had flowstone and a rare kind of red obsidian, which originated outside of the UK.
From BBC ● May 21, 2022
They measured the radioactive decay of uranium into thorium in that flowstone to date it to 142,000 years ago.
From Science Magazine ● Sep. 21, 2021
Since the 40,000-year-old flowstone covers the banteng image, the artwork must be older than that — and thus the oldest known figurative art on the planet.
From New York Times ● Nov. 7, 2018
Their light playing over the wet flowstone walls.
From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy
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