Definition of Glauconites

1. Noun. (plural of glauconite) ¹

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Definition of Glauconites

1. glauconite [n] - See also: glauconite

Lexicographical Neighbors of Glauconites

glaucoma fulminans
glaucoma treatment
glaucomas
glaucomatocyclitic
glaucomatocyclitic crisis
glaucomatous
glaucomatous cataract
glaucomatous cup
glaucomatous excavation
glaucomatous halo
glaucomatous nerve-fibre bundle scotoma
glaucomatous ring
glaucometer
glaucometers
glauconite
glauconites (current term)
glauconitic
glaucophane
glaucophanes
glaucophyte
glaucophytes
glaucosis
glaucosuria
glaucous
glaucous gull
glaucous sedge
glaucousness
glaucousnesses
glaucus

Literary usage of Glauconites

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Iron Ores: Their Occurrence, Valuation, and Control by Edwin Clarence Eckel (1914)
"... The glauconites of the Ocean Bottom.—The discovery that glauconite deposits are now forming over extensive areas of the present ocean bottom was one of ..."

2. Iron Ores: Their Occurrence, Valuation, and Control by Edwin Clarence Eckel (1914)
"... The glauconites of the Ocean Bottom.—The discovery that glauconite deposits are now forming over extensive areas of the present ocean bottom was one of ..."

3. The American Geologist: A Monthly Journal of Geology and Allied Sciences by Newton Horace Winchell (1902)
"This being the case, our two analyses of the Mesabi mineral, with their .41 and .31 per cent potash, come far closer as regards potash, to the glauconites ..."

4. Relics of Primeval Life by John William Dawson (1897)
"glauconites differ widely in composition. The variety best known, and commonly regarded as the type of the glauconites, is that found in the green- sand of ..."

5. Report of Progress for by Geological Survey of Canada (1866)
"Although greenish in color, and soft and earthy in texture, it will be seen that the various glauconites differ widely in composition. ..."

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