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Definition of Amygdaloidal
1. Adjective. Shaped like an almond.
Definition of Amygdaloidal
1. Adjective. Shaped like an almond ¹
2. Adjective. Of, like or pertaining to, the amygdaloid mineral. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Amygdaloidal
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Amygdaloidal
Literary usage of Amygdaloidal
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Geology of the Transvaal / by G.A.F. Molengraaff ; Translated from French by by Gustaaf Adolf Frederik Molengraaff (1904)
"In the south-west of the Transvaal, where the bedding of the South African Primary
System is nearly horizontal, these amygdaloidal diabases stretch over a ..."
2. Field Geology by Frederic Henry Lahee (1917)
"Vesicular and amygdaloidal Structures.—Vesicular structure is characteristic of
extrusive sheets, but it may sometimes be found in rocks which were injected ..."
3. The Ancient Volcanoes of Great Britain by Archibald Geikie (1897)
"... character of these rocks and their alternations of compact, columnar, amorphous
and amygdaloidal beds are here strikingly seen. ..."
4. North American Geology and Palæontology for the Use of Amateurs, Students by Samuel Almond Miller (1889)
"in the Gaspe series, and in cavities of an amygdaloidal greenstone at Tar Point,
which has hardened in some instances to the consistency of pitch, ..."
5. Glossary of Terms and Phrases by Henry Percy Smith (1883)
"... nodules and géodes in amygdaloidal lavas. Algerian A. is a calcareous stalagmite.
2. A small printing type. Agave. ..."
6. An Account of the Basalts of Saxony: With Observations on the Origin of by Jean François Aubuisson de Voissins, Patrick Neill (1814)
"In the amygdaloidal structure, on the contrary, the form of the grains is either
spherical, or at least rounded ; the cells are often empty; sometimes the ..."
7. Elementary Geology by Ralph Stockman Tarr (1903)
"Porous lava, on right, and amygdaloidal rock, on left. before they cease moving,
there may be some minerals already formed, especially the porphyritic ..."
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