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Acaustobiolith

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caustobiolithnoun(geology) caustic (from the destruction of organic tissue) biolith
biolithnoun(petrology) A rock or other geological feature formed by living organisms.
abyssolithnoun(geology) A mass of igneous rock deep in the crust with no known bottom; a large batholith.
biolithitenoun(geology) Any carbonate rock formed from the skeletons of ancient organisms
breccianoun(petrology) A rock composed of angular fragments in a matrix that may be of a similar or a different material.
bafflestonenounA kind of calcareous rock where organisms have acted as baffles during deposition, reducing the local depositional energy.
inertinitenounOxidized organic material or fossilized charcoal, found as tiny flakes within sedimentary rocks.
bindstonenounA kind of calcareous rock where organisms (such as alga)e encrust the elements during deposition and bind them together.
lithogenesisnoun(geology) The formation of sedimentary rock.
boundstonenounA kind of calcareous rock sediment where the original components have been bound together after deposition.
mudstonenoun(petrology) A fine-grained sedimentary rock whose original constituents were clays or muds.
eolithnoun(petrology) Crudely chopped flints, believed to be naturally produced by geological processes such as glaciation.
cryptocrystallinenoun(petrology) A rock of this kind.
metasedimentnoun(petrology) A metamorphosed sedimentary rock.
tufanounCalcareous lime deposited by precipitation from a body of water, such as a hot spring.
pyrobitumennounAn amorphous fossilized petroleum mineraloid.
ostreolithnounA fossil consisting of accumulated oyster shells.
microbialitenoun(geology) A sedimentary or accretionary structure formed by the action of microbes.
concretionnounA solid, hard mass formed by a process of aggregation or coalescence.
lithoxylnoun(obsolete) Petrified wood.

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