saccharoidal
- a variation of saccharoid.
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Origin of granular or saccharoidal marble, silicification of schist into ribbon jasper.
From COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1 by Humboldt, Alexander von
Even the whitest saccharoidal or statuary marble, which it has not coloured, it has created by the crystallisation of the limestone associated with it.
From Roman Mosaics Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood by Macmillan, Hugh
On other spots, instead of silex, carbonate of lime was precipitated, together with more or less of the nucaceous sediment, and gave rise to saccharoidal limestones.
From A History of Science — Volume 3 by Williams, Henry Smith
At the entrance of the Quebrada Seca we remarked great masses of primitive saccharoidal limestone, tolerably fine grained, of a bluish tint, and traversed by veins of calcareous spar of dazzling whiteness.
From Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 by Ross, Thomasina
They are micaceous strata; and thus the true cipollino is a mixture of talcose schist with white saccharoidal marble, and may be said to form a transition link between marble and common stone.
From Roman Mosaics Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood by Macmillan, Hugh
