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Definition of Helictites
1. helictite [n] - See also: helictite
Lexicographical Neighbors of Helictites
Literary usage of Helictites
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Structural and Systematic Conchology: An Introduction to the Study of the by George Washington Tryon (1883)
"Shell discoidal; body-chamber short; ribs interrupted by the convexity of the
inner whorls, but continuous on the outer. helictites ..."
2. A Round Trip in North America by Theodora Guest (1895)
"Masses of stalactites, stalagmites, and helictites of the most fantastic forms,
grotesque beyond description, meet the astonished eye. ..."
3. The School of Mines Quarterly by Columbia University School of Chemistry (1887)
"JC Russell. Monograph xi., US Geot. Survey. LURAY CAVE, On the helictites of. A.
Heilprin. Proceed. Acad. Nat. Sci. ..."
4. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1883)
"Beyond the gallery ofthe amphitheatre is the " Grotto," rich in helictites, and
containing the "Snow Ball." Here is the " Bird Nest," a cavity in the floor ..."
5. The School of Mines Quarterly by Columbia University School of Chemistry (1886)
"Washington's Pillar is highly fluted in this manner, and in the Fish Market these
helictites hang over the rock as a fringe, curving so as to remind one of ..."
6. The School of Mines Quarterly by Columbia University School of Chemistry (1887)
"LURAY CAVE, On the helictites of. A. Heilprin. Proceed. Acad. Nat. Sri. Phil., 1886,
Part 3, p. 351. NEW JERSEY Cretaceous. RP Whitfield. ..."
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