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Oolite

/ˈəʊəlʌɪt/

A rock consisting of spherical grains within a mineral cortex accreted around a nucleus, often of quartz grains.

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noun

1
A rock consisting of spherical grains within a mineral cortex accreted around a nucleus, often of quartz grains.
2
An ooid or oolith.

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corallinenoun	Of, pertaining to, or resembling the material coral.
oölitenoun	Alternative form of oolite. [(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.
illitenoun	(mineralogy) A micaceous phyllosilicate clay mineral with aggregates of grey or white monoclinic crystals.
globulitenoun	(mineralogy) A rudimentary spherical form of crystallite.
roestonenoun	(mineralogy) oolite, or a variation of it
lutitenoun	(geology, dated) A rock composed of clayey or silty sediment.
quartzolitenoun	(geology) A type of rock consisting of almost pure quartz, but also containing some feldspar and small amounts of mica and amphibole.
olgitenoun	(mineralogy) A trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral mineral containing barium, oxygen, phosphorus, sodium, and strontium.
spheritenoun	Any of a group of spherical mineral concretions commonly found in many invertebrates.
iolitenoun	(gemology) The clear variety of cordierite, sometimes used as a gem.
ooidnoun	(geology) A small calcium carbonate or iron coated grain found on the seafloor.
troctolitenoun	(geology) A rare type of ultramafic intrusive rock, consisting primarily of olivine and calcic plagioclase
osteolitenoun	(mineralogy) A massive impure apatite, or calcium phosphate.
oncolite	(geology) a spherical sedimentary structure formed by cyanobacteria
olenitenoun	(mineralogy) A trigonal-ditrigonal pyramidal light pink mineral containing aluminum, boron, hydrogen, oxygen, silicon, and sodium.
olistolithnoun	(geology) Any of a mass of blocks of rock or mud that make up an olistostrome.
eclogitenoun	(petrology) A coarse-grained metamorphic rock, a mixture of pyroxene, quartz, and feldspar with inclusions of red garnet.
orangeitenoun	(mineralogy) A kind of kimberlite with phlogopite macrocrysts and microphenocrysts.
longulitenoun	(mineralogy) A kind of crystallite with a slender acicular form.