1) Sedimentary rock
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A pisolite is a sedimentary rock made of pisoids, which are concretionary grains - often of calcium carbonate, but sometimes of rarer minerals - which resemble ooids but are always more than 2 mm in diameter. These grains are approximately spherical and have concentric layers reaching 10 mm in diameter. The name derives from the Hellenic word for ...
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• (n.) A variety of calcite, or calcium carbonate, consisting of aggregated globular concretions about the size of a pea; -- called also peastone, peagrit.
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spheroidal crystalline particle larger than 2 millimetres in diameter (see oölite).[1 related articles]
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Pi'so·lite noun [ Greek ... a pea +
- lite : confer French
pisolithe .]
(Min.) A variety of calcite, or calcium carbonate, consisting of aggregated globular concretions about the size of a pea; -- called also
peastone ,
peagrit . » Oölite is similar in struct...
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