OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 36401

oolite

/ˈəʊəlʌɪt/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
oolito
A rock consisting of spherical grains within a mineral cortex accreted around a nucleus, often of quartz grains.
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 t…
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