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pisolite
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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
PISOLITE
n.[Gr. a pea, and a stone. ] Peastone, a carbonate of lime, slightly colored by the oxyd of iron. It occurs in little globular concretions of the size of a pea or larger, which usually contain each a grain of sand as a nucleus. These concretions in union sometimes compose entire beds of secondary mountains. It is sometimes called calcarious tufa.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
PISOLITE
Pi "so *lite, n. Etym: [Gr. -lite: cf. F. pisolithe.] (Min. )
Defn: A variety of calcite, or calcium carbonate, consisting of aggregated globular concretions about the size of a pea; -- called also peastone, peagrit.
Note: Oölite is similar in structure, but the concretions are as small as the roe of a fish.
New American Oxford Dictionary
pisolite
pis o lite |ˈpīsəˌlīt ˈpaɪsəlaɪt | ▶noun Geology a sedimentary rock, esp. limestone, made up of small pea-shaped pieces. DERIVATIVES pis o lit ic |ˌpīsəˈlitik |adjective ORIGIN early 19th cent.: from modern Latin pisolithus (see pisolith ) + -lite .
Oxford Dictionary
pisolite
pisolite |ˈpɪzəlʌɪt, ˈpʌɪsə -| ▶noun [ mass noun ] Geology a sedimentary rock, especially limestone, made up of small pea-shaped pieces. DERIVATIVES pisolitic |-ˈlɪtɪk |adjective ORIGIN early 19th cent.: from modern Latin pisolithus (see pisolith ) + -lite .
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