marlite

English

Etymology

marl +‎ -ite

Noun

marlite (countable and uncountable, plural marlites)

  1. (mineralogy) A variety of marl.
    • Kirwan
      Marlites are not disintegrated by exposure to the atmosphere, at least in six years.

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Further reading
  • “marlite”, in Mindat.org – Glossary‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, accessed 29 August 2016.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for marlite in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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