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Webster 1913 Edition

Pisolite

Pi′so-lite

,
Noun.
[Gr. [GREEK] a pea +
-lite
: cf. F.
pisolithe
.]
(Min.)
A variety of calcite, or calcium carbonate, consisting of aggregated globular concretions about the size of a pea; – called also
peastone
,
peagrit
.
☞ Oolite is similar in structure, but the concretions are as small as the roe of a fish.

Webster 1828 Edition

Pisolite

PIS'OLITE

,
Noun.
[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.

Definition 2024

pisolite

pisolite

English

Noun

pisolite ‎(plural pisolites)

  1. (geology) A sedimentary rock formed from pisoliths

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin pisum and -lite

Noun

pisolite f ‎(plural pisoliti)

  1. pisolite
  2. pisolith

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Etymology

From Latin pisum +‎ -lite.

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