Definition of Silicifications

1. Noun. (plural of silicification) ¹

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Definition of Silicifications

1. silicification [n] - See also: silicification

Lexicographical Neighbors of Silicifications

silicea
silicene
silicenes
siliceous
silici-
silician
silicic
silicic acid
silicic acids
silicic anhydride
silicicalcareous
silicide
silicides
siliciferous
silicification
silicifications (current term)
silicified
silicifies
silicify
silicifying
silicioidea
silicious
silicisation
silicisponge
silicisponges
silicispongiae
silicium
siliciums
siliciureted
siliciuretted

Literary usage of Silicifications

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

1. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1897)
"Von Buch, in his examination of organic silicifications, concluded that the soluble silica deposited from solutions took the place only of the organic ..."

2. Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1880)
"To this idea, in part, an early opinion of Bischof approaches: " silicifications are nothing else than the result of combinations between the ..."

3. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1903)
"Here begin the silicifications of these materials, which become more and more prominent features of the deposits further west. Only a few fossils have so ..."

4. Summarized Proceedings ... and a Directory of Members by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1880)
"To this idea, in part, an early opinion of Bischof approaches: " silicifications are nothing else than the result of combinations between the ..."

5. California Mines and Minerals by California Miners' Association (1899)
"These silicifications, when formed in strata in which bitumen occurs, are colored black. Their color is destroyed by burning, proving that it is owing to ..."

6. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, Exhibiting a View of the Progressive by Robert Jameson, Sir William Jardine, Henry D Rogers (1844)
"... converted into mica-slate or crystalline quartzite; in short, both these investigations regarding indurations and silicifications have to deal, ..."

7. The Cost of Mining: A Discussion of the Production of Minerals with Remarks by James Ralph Finlay (1920)
"Some of them may be, but I have seen many of them in various places belonging to various ages that seem to be vein-like silicifications, and of course have ..."

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