Definition of Nacrites

1. nacrite [n] - See also: nacrite

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nacrites

nack
nacked
nacker
nacket
nackets
nacking
nacks
nacolomab tafenatox
nacre
nacred
nacreous
nacreous cloud
nacreous ichthyosis
nacres
nacrite
nacrites (current term)
nacroleptic
nacroleptics
nacrous
nada
nadas
nadder
nadders
nadgers
nadide
nadir
nadiral
nadired
nadiring

Literary usage of Nacrites

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

1. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1898)
"found, but which varies in texture and composition so as to resemble not infrequently the hydro-mica schists or " nacrites " of the late Dr. T. Sterry Hunt, ..."

2. The Geology of Lancaster County by Persifor Frazer (1880)
"lying on and above the horizon of the Quartzite with the overlying nacrites. A brief comment must be made here on these strata of which the structure has an ..."

3. Transactions by American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers, Metallurgical Society of AIME, Society of Mining Engineers of AIME., Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration (U.S.). (1898)
"... but which varies in texture and composition so as to resemble not infrequently the hydro-mica schists or " nacrites " of fhe late Dr. T. Sterry Hunt, ..."

4. The Permian Or Upper Carboniferous Flora of West Virginia and S.W. Pennsylvania by William Morris Fontaine, Israel Charles White, Second Geological Survey of Pennsylvania (1880)
"... Quartzite with the overlying nacrites. A brief comment must be made here on these strata of which the structure has an important bearing on all the ..."

5. Bulletin by Geological Survey (U.S.) (1891)
"... but generally the chloritic series is divided from these nacrites by a quartzite.3 He says further : A vast series of slates intervene between the ..."

6. The Texan Permian and Its Mesozoic Types of Fossils by Charles Abiathar White (1891)
"... but generally the chloritic series is divided from these nacrites by a quartzite.3 He says further: Avast series of slates intervene between the lowest ..."

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