- novaculite
- noun Etymology: Latin novacula razor Date: 1796 a very hard fine-grained siliceous rock used for whetstones and possibly of sedimentary origin
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Novaculite — flatirons in the Marathon Uplift[1] Novaculite is a form of chert or flint found in the Ouachita Mountains of Arkansas and Oklahoma and in the Marathon Upl … Wikipedia
Novaculite — No*vac u*lite, n. [L. novacula a sharp knife, razor: cf. F. novaculite.] (Min.) A variety of siliceous slate, of which hones are made; razor stone; Turkey stone; hone stone; whet slate. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
novaculite — [nō vak′yo͞o līt΄] n. [< L novacula, razor ( < * novare, to scrape, whet < IE * ksnewā < base * kes , to scratch, comb > HARDS) + ITE1] a light colored, hard, extremely fine grained siliceous sedimentary rock, often used as a… … English World dictionary
novaculite — A dense, even textured, extremely finely grained, siliceous, sedimentary rock recrystallized from chert with microcrystalline quartz dominant over chalcedony (cryptocrystalline quartz). It is hard, white to grayish black in color, translucent… … Glossary of landform and geologic terms
novaculite — /noh vak yeuh luyt /, n. Petrol. a very hard sedimentary rock, similar to chert, composed essentially of microcrystalline quartz. [1790 1800; < L novacul(a) a sharp knife, razor + ITE1] * * * ▪ rock very dense, light coloured, even textured … Universalium
Novaculite — Verschiedene Diatomeen, sekundärelektronenmikroskopische Aufnahmen Diatomeenerde aus der Slowakei … Deutsch Wikipedia
novaculite — noun A form of chert, very rich in quartz, that has been used to make whetstones … Wiktionary
novaculite — (no va ku li t ) s. f. Terme de minéralogie. Schiste dont on fait des pierres à rasoir. ÉTYMOLOGIE Lat. novacula, rasoir … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
novaculite — [nə(ʊ) vakjʊlʌɪt] noun Geology a hard, dense, fine grained siliceous rock resembling chert, with a high content of microcrystalline quartz. Origin C18: from L. novacula razor + ite1 … English new terms dictionary
novaculite — n. Turkey stone, Turkey oil stone, razor stone, whet slate … New dictionary of synonyms
