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Webster 1913 Edition
Ammite
Am′mite
(ăm′mīt)
, Noun.
[Gr.
ἀμμίτης
, ἀμμίτις
, sandstone, fr. ἄμμοσ
or ἄμμοσ
sand.] (Geol.)
Oölite or roestone; – written also
hammite
. [Obs.]
Webster 1828 Edition
Ammite
AM'MITE
, or HAM'MITE,Noun.
A sand-stone or free-stone, of a pale brown color, very heavy, of a lax texture, composed of small round granules, cemented by an earthy sparry matter. The grit or granules are small stalagmites, composed of crusts or coats including one another. It is the roe-stone or oolite of recent authors.