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Petrifact

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petrifactionnounPetrification.
petrescencenounThe process of changing into stone; petrification.
ventifactnounA pebble or little stone shaped and polished by wind-blown sand.
petroformnounA shape or pattern made by arranging large rocks and boulders over a relatively wide area.
geofactnounA natural stone formation that is difficult to distinguish from a man-made artifact.
tuffitenoun(petrology) A rock predominantly but not solely composed of pyroclastic fragments.
nanobenoun(geology, geochemistry, biology, biochemistry, microbiology, microscopy) A structure similar in appearance to a cell, but only nanometres in size.
keratophyrenoun(petrography) A compact porphyritic rock composed of alkali-feldspars and diopside, and possibly including quartz.
petroplinthitenoun(soil science) A petroplinthic soil, traditionally used to make bricks
coprolitenounA fossil consisting of petrified dung.
fossilnounThe mineralized remains of an animal or plant.
pyrobitumennounAn amorphous fossilized petroleum mineraloid.
porphyritenounAny porphyritic rock.
typolitenoun(paleontology, obsolete, uncommon) A stone or fossil bearing impressions of plants and animals.
psephitenounA sediment or sedimentary rock composed of fragments that are coarser than sand and which are enclosed in a matrix that varies in kind and amount.
petranounstone, a weight equal to 14 pounds.
fubaritenoun(petrology, colloquial) A rock that has been brecciated, metamorphosed, or otherwise transformed to the point where its origin cannot be recognized.
acaustobiolithnoun(petrology) A nonflammable organic sedimentary rock.
peagritnoun(mineralogy) A coarse pisolitic limestone.
foil stonenoun(obsolete) An imitation gemstone.

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