septarian

noun, plural sep·tar·i·a

[-tair-ee-uh] . Geology.

a concretionary nodule or mass, usually of calcium carbonate or of argillaceous carbonate of iron, traversed within by a network of cracks filled with calcite and other minerals.

Origin:
1775–85; < Neo-Latin sēptārium, equivalent to Latin sēpt(um) enclosure (see septum) + -ārium -arium

Related forms

sep·tar·i·an, adjective

sep·tar·i·ate

[sep-tair-ee-it] , adjective

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septarium (sɛpˈtɛərɪəm)

—n , pl -ia
	a mass of mineral substance having cracks filled with another mineral, esp calcite

[C18: from New Latin, from Latin septum]

sep'tarian

—*adj*

septarium (sɛpˈtɛərɪəm)

—n , pl -ia
	a mass of mineral substance having cracks filled with another mineral, esp calcite

[C18: from New Latin, from Latin septum]

sep'tarian

—*adj*

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