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Phacolith

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lacolithnounAlternative form of laccolith. [(geology) A mass of igneous or volcanic rock found within strata which forces the overlaying strata upwards and forms domes.]
phacolitenoun(mineralogy) A dull-coloured, lens-shaped variety of chabazite.
microlithonnoun(geology) A small slab of rock having a earlier texture that lies between spaced foliation planes,
hydrolaccolithnoun(geology) A frost mound that has a core of ice and resembles a laccolith in cross-section
coccolithnoun(biology) A microscopic skeletal plate of calcite on the surface of certain marine phytoplankton; it forms chalk and limestone when fossilized
cystolithnoun(medicine) A urinary calculus.
fecalithnounAlternative form of fecolith. [A calcified fecal deposit.]
fecolithnounA calcified fecal deposit.
autolithnoun(geology) A rock fragment that has become enveloped in a larger rock of a similar type, during the latter's development and hardening.
lopadolithnounA coccolith shaped like a basket or cup
phlebolithnounA calcareous deposit in a venous wall or thrombus.
lithophysenoun(mineralogy) A spherulitic cavity, often with concentric chambers, observed in some volcanic rocks, such as rhyolitic lavas.
porphyroblastnoun(geology) A relatively large crystal within a metamorphic rock
microlithnoun(archaeology) A small stone tool.
phyllitenoun(geology) A type of metamorphic rock formed from clay-rich sediments called pelites.
coprolithnoun(rare) coprolite
lapidescencenounThe process of hardening into a stone substance.
pleurolithnounA concretion in the pleural cavity; a pleural calculus.
holococcolithnounA form of coccolith, composed of minute calcite rhombohedra arranged in continuous arrays, produced by a holococcolithophore
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.

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