Definition of Psammite

1. n. A species of micaceous sandstone.

Definition of Psammite

1. Noun. (minerology) Any sandstone, but most often a metamorphosed rock unit with a dominantly sandstone protolith. ¹

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Definition of Psammite

1. a fine-grained rock [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Psammite

psalmodizing
psalmody
psalmograph
psalmography
psalmwriter
psalmwriters
psalter
psalteria
psalterial
psalteries
psalterium
psalters
psaltery
psaltries
psaltry
psammite (current term)
psammites
psammitic
psammology
psammoma
psammomas
psammomatous
psammon
psammons
psammophile
psammophiles
psammophilous
psammophyte
psammophytes
psammosere

Literary usage of Psammite

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

1. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, Exhibiting a View of the Progressive by Robert Jameson, Sir William Jardine, Henry D Rogers (1841)
"... cannot conceive how any one should offer a large sum of money from mere curiosity. The diamonds are found imbedded in the psammite sandstone ; in the ..."

2. Formation of Coal Beds by John James Stevenson (1913)
"The psammite had given way, was broken and atmospheric water was admitted, ... At another locality, the psammite in ancient workings had become sandy ..."

3. A Treatise on the Geology of Armenia by Felix Oswald (1906)
"Coarse-grained " diabase-psammite," with fragments of oligo- clase and diopside, ... Dark brown, porphyritic, calcareous " diabase-psammite," full of ..."

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