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Definition of Pearlites
1. pearlite [n] - See also: pearlite
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pearlites
Literary usage of Pearlites
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1914)
"Except in the case of the pitch- stones, which have from 5 to per cent. of water,
and the pearlites, with from 2 to 3, all the ones cited are connected with ..."
2. The Micrographic Dictionary: A Guide to the Examination and Investigation of by John William Griffith, Arthur Henfrey (1883)
"In the pearlites and in somo other glassy rocks, curious little cracks occur,
which separate the rock into minute spheroids (PI. 42. fig. 7). ..."
3. Transactions by American Institute of Mining Engineers, Metallurgical Society of AIME, Society of Mining Engineers of AIME. (1914)
"Except in the case of the pitch- stone?, which have from 5 to per cent, of water,
and the pearlites, with from 2 to 3, all the ones cited are connected with ..."
4. Microscopical Petrography by Ferdinand Zirkel (1876)
"The beautiful pearlites ... It would seem that these distorted and twisted,
line-like cilia are characteristic of pearlites; for they have also been ..."
5. Volcanoes of North America: A Reading Lesson for Students of Geography and by Israel Cook Russell (1897)
"... falling in of a crater, or of eruptive orifices on its declivities ; no masses
of sconce, and no obsidians, pearlites, or pumice-stones belonging to it. ..."
6. Volcanoes of North America: A Reading Lesson for Students of Geography and by Israel Cook Russell (1897)
"... and no obsidians, pearlites, or pumice-stones belonging to it. The blackish-
gray rock is very uniformly composed of much hornblende and a species of ..."
7. Report of the Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel, Made by Order by Clarence King (1876)
"The beautiful pearlites found here, which contain grains and balls of obsidian,
that are often as thick* as a hazel-nut or walnut, merit particular ..."
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