əˌlaɪt noun Geology.
a limestone composed of minute rounded concretions resembling fish roe, in some places altered to ironstone by replacement with iron oxide.
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| —n | |
| any sedimentary rock, esp limestone, consisting of tiny spherical concentric grains within a fine matrix | |
| [C18: from French from New Latin oolitēs, literally: egg stone; probably a translation of German Rogenstein roe stone] | |
| oolitic | |
| —adj | |
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oolite
"rock consisting of fine grains of carbonate of lime," 1785, from Mod.L. oolites, from oo-, comb. form of Gk. oon "egg" (cognate with O.E. æg, see egg) + lithos "stone." So called because the rock resembles the roe of fish.
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A sedimentary rock consisting of ooliths that are cemented together by calcium carbonate. |
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oolite
ovoid or spherical crystalline deposit with a concentric or radial structure; most are composed of calcium carbonate, but some are composed of silica, siderite, calcium phosphate, iron silicate, or iron oxide. Oolite diameters range from 0.25 to 2 mm (0.01 to 0.08 inch), with most being in the 0.5- to 1-millimetre range; oolitic bodies with diameters greater than 2 mm are called pisolites.
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