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o·o·lite    Audio Help   [oh-uh-lahyt] Pronunciation Key
–noun Geology.
a limestone composed of minute rounded concretions resembling fish roe, in some places altered to ironstone by replacement with iron oxide.
Also called egg stone.

[Origin: 1775–85; (< F oölithe) < NL oölithés. See oo-, -lite]

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o·o·lit·ic    Audio Help   [oh-uh-lit-ik] Pronunciation Key, adjective
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oolite, rock composed of small concretions, usually of calcium carbonate, containing a nucleus and clearly defined concentric shells. In the British Isles oolitic limestone is characteristic of the middle and upper Jurassic, which was formerly termed the Oolite on this account. 
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