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Definition of Marlite
1. Noun. Metamorphic rock with approximately the same composition as marl.
Definition of Marlite
1. n. A variety of marl.
Definition of Marlite
1. Noun. (minerology) A variety of marl. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Marlite
1. a type of marl [n -S] : MARLITIC [adj]
Medical Definition of Marlite
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Marlite
Literary usage of Marlite
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Petralogy. A Treatise on Rocks by John Pinkerton (1811)
"marlite. The combination of this substance is the same Description, with that of
marl, the calcareous earth being mixed with a considerable proportion of ..."
2. Report on the Geology, Mineralogy, Botany, and Zoology of Massachusetts by Massachusetts Geological survey, Edward Hitchcock (1835)
"Yet when the bituminous marlite takes a large quantity of lime into its composition,
it becomes bituminous limestone ; and perhaps some of this variety may ..."
3. A Treatise on the External Characters of Fossils by Abraham Gottlob Werner (1805)
"Complete petrifactions of whole fishes occur in the Bituminous-marlite of Thuringia,
consisting in general of Coal, but sometimes of Calcareous-Spar in ,the ..."
4. The Quarterly Journal by Geological society of London (1847)
"Cincinnati, May 1, 1846. ie blue limestone formation, of which the marlite above
alluded is a member, was formerly supposed to represent the Trenton estone ..."
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