oolite

English

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Etymology

From oo- + -lite, after German Oolit.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈəʊəlʌɪt/

Noun

oolite (countable and uncountable; plural oolites)

1. (geology) A rock consisting of spherical grains within a mineral cortex accreted around a nucleus, often of quartz grains.
   • 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society 2011, p. 170:

     Here and there are beds of oolites, for example, made of little rounded grains – like millet seed – that form only in agitated warm waters, such as you might find off the Bahamas today.

2. (countable, rare) An ooid or oolith.

Synonyms

• ooid
• oolith
• egg-stone

Derived terms

• oolitic

Translations

geology: rock of spherical grains

• Finnish: ooliittinen (fi) mineraali (fi)

• Spanish: oolito (es) m

ooid or olith

• Finnish: ooliitti (fi)

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• French: oolithe

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Italian

Etymology

oo- + -lite

Noun

oolite m (plural ooliti)

1. (mineralogy) oolite; oolith