psammite
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- psammitic adjective
Etymology
Origin of psammite
1880–85; < Greek psámm(os) sand + -ite 1
Example Sentences
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The characteristic Holoptychius nobilissimus has been detected in the Psammite de Condroz, which in Belgium forms a characteristic sandy portion of the Upper Devonian rocks.
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Porphyry was observed on several spots; indurated clay frequently; and, on the top of the hill below which we encamped, I found quartz porphyry, and at the foot a psammite? which I had met several times associated with talc-schiste.
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The prevailing rock was talc-schiste, alternating with layers of psammite.
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The ranges were composed of a Psammite, which was frequently baked, probably by neighbouring out-bursts of igneous rock.
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The sandstone, or psammite, was composed of large grains of quartz mixed with clay of a whitish red or yellow colour; it frequently formed steep cliffs and craggy rugged little peaks.
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