oolite

English - Turkish

Definition of oolite in English Turkish dictionary

taneli kireçtaşı

oolit

balık yumurtası gibi taneli bir çeşit kireçtaş

ooidlerden oluşan kayaç

English - English

Definition of oolite in English English dictionary

An ooid or oolith

A rock consisting of spherical grains within a mineral cortex accreted around a nucleus, often of quartz grains

Spheroidal grains of sand size, usually composed of calcite and thought to have formed by inorganic precipitation

A limestone consisting largely of spherical grains of calcium carbonate in concentric spherical layers

Small, spherical minerals which may or may not be cemented together to form rocks

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{i} egg stone, limestone containing rounded crystals which resemble fish eggs

Oolitic limestone A type of rock, often calcareous which grows by radial or concentric means around a nucleus The term Oolite formerly referred to cave pearls Karst - Kinds of Ref JJ

A rock of spherical grains within a mineral cortex accreted around a nucleus, often of quartz grains

oolith

Hyphenation

o·o·lite

Synonyms

ooid, oolith, egg-stone

Etymology

() oo- + -lite