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Definition of Septarium
1. n. A flattened concretionary nodule, usually of limestone, intersected within by cracks which are often filled with calcite, barite, or other minerals.
Definition of Septarium
1. Noun. (geology) A flattened concretionary nodule, usually of limestone, intersected within by cracks which are often filled with calcite, barite, or other minerals. ¹
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Definition of Septarium
1. a limestone nodule [n -RIA]
Medical Definition of Septarium
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Origin: NL, fr. L. Septum, saeptum, an inclosure, a partition, fr. Sepire, saepire, to inclose.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Septarium
Literary usage of Septarium
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Petrifactions and Their Teachings; Or, A Hand-book to the Gallery of Organic by Gideon Algernon Mantell (1851)
"A polished slab of the septarium. 3.—A cast of one of the shells, in calcareous
... Bracklesham Bay, Sussex, and is part of a septarium abounding in spiral ..."
2. Petrifactions and Their Teachings by Gideon Algernon Mantell (1851)
"A polished slab of the septarium. 3.—A cast of one of the shells, in calcareous
... Bracklesham Bay, Sussex, and is part of a septarium abounding in spiral ..."
3. Annals of Philosophy, Or, Magazine of Chemistry, Mineralogy, Mechanics by Thomas Thomson (1815)
"One specimen of the 0. cylindracea is imbedded in a septarium, the base of the
shell reaching to the centre of the mass, and the apex projecting beyond its ..."
4. Quarterly Journal by Geological Society of London (1850)
"septarium with a zone of Cone-in-cone Clay. Fig. 7. ... Spherical body of the
septarium. b. Fragment of bone imbedded in the ..."
5. The Annals of Philosophy by Richard Phillips, Edward William Brayley (1815)
"One specimen of the 0. cylindracea is imbedded in a septarium, the base of the
shell reaching to the centre of the mass, and the apex projecting beyond its ..."
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