oolite
[oh-uh-lahyt]
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noun Geology.
a limestone composed of minute rounded concretions resembling fish roe, in some places altered to ironstone by replacement with iron oxide.
Origin of oolite
Also called egg stone.
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Historical Examples of oolite
The flora of the Oolite was peculiarly a flora of intermediate forms.
The Testimony of the RocksHugh Miller
This is an excellent variety of oolite of light cream color.
The House of the LordJames E. Talmage
It commences in the oolite, and terminates in the next formation.
Vestiges of the Natural History of CreationRobert Chambers
The Plaine, resting on oolite limestone, is treeless but fertile.
These were shown to be as old at least as the oolite and lias.
A Manual of Elementary GeologyCharles Lyell.
oolite
noun
Word Origin for oolite
C18: from French from New Latin oolitēs, literally: egg stone; probably a translation of German Rogenstein roe stone
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