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Ooid

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oöidnounAlternative spelling of ooid. [(geology) A small calcium carbonate or iron coated grain found on the seafloor.]
oolitenoun(geology) A rock consisting of spherical grains within a mineral cortex accreted around a nucleus, often of quartz grains.
oolithnoun(geology) A spherical granule of which oolite is composed, formed by concentric accretion of thin layers of a mineral (usually calcium carbonate (limestone) but also others such as dolomite and silica) around a core; an ooid.
oölitenounAlternative form of oolite. [(geology) A rock consisting of spherical grains within a mineral cortex accreted around a nucleus, often of quartz grains.]
foidolitenoun(geology) A course-grained intrusive igneous rock where most light-coloured minerals are feldspathoids.
foidnoun(incel slang, derogatory, offensive) Clipping of femoid. [(incel slang, derogatory, offensive) A woman.]
ostracitenoun(paleontology, archaic) A fossil oyster.
foiditenoun(geology) The volcanic equivalent of foidolite. The light-coloured minerals are mostly feldspathoids.
olistolithnoun(geology) Any of a mass of blocks of rock or mud that make up an olistostrome.
pisoidnounA concretionary grain, typically of calcium carbonate, between a microid and a macroid in size.
opacitenoun(geology) A small, dark grain, of doubtful origin, in an igneous rock
roestonenoun(mineralogy) oolite, or a variation of it
oolitic(geology) Made up of, or containing oolites
olistostromenounA sedimentary deposit composed of a chaotic mass of heterogeneous material, such as blocks and mud, known as olistoliths, that accumulates as a semifluid body by submarine gravity sliding or slumping of the unconsolidated sediments.
orientitenoun(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, manganese, oxygen, and silicon.
otolitenounAlternative form of otolith. [(anatomy) A small particle, composed mainly of calcium carbonate, found in the inner ear of vertebrates, being part of the balance sense.]
ostreolithnounA fossil consisting of accumulated oyster shells.
otolithnoun(anatomy) A small particle, composed mainly of calcium carbonate, found in the inner ear of vertebrates, being part of the balance sense.
osteolitenoun(mineralogy) A massive impure apatite, or calcium phosphate.
ozoceritenoun(mineralogy) A dark waxy mineral, found associated with petroleum in some sandstones, used to make polishes.

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