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conchite
▪ I. † conchite1 Obs. (ˈkɒŋkaɪt) [ad. Gr. κογχίτης (λίθος) shelly stone, a shelly marble: see -ite.] A stone resembling a shell, a fossil shell.1677 Plot Oxfordsh. 100 The Conchites or Cockle-stones found in this County. 1693 Bp. Nicolson Let. to Mr. Lhwyd (T.), We have a hard gray limestone or marb...
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conchitic
conchitic, a. Geol. (kɒŋˈkɪtɪk) [f. conchite1 + -ic.] Abounding in (fossil) shells, conchiferous.1811 Pinkerton Petral. I. 441 A conchitic limestone. 1865 in Page Handbk. Geol. Terms.
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ktypeite
ktypeite Min. (ˈtɪpəaɪt) Also -ïte. [ad. F. ktypéite (A. Lacroix 1898, in Compt. Rend. CXXVI. 605), f. Gr. κτυπέ-ω crash, resound: see -ite1.] A form of aragonite, occurring as pisolites under strain, which decrepitates.1898 Jrnl. Chem. Soc. LXXIV. 604 The violent decrepitation, on account of which ...
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