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stylolite Geol.|ˈstaɪləlaɪt|
[f. Gr. στῦλο-ς pillar + -lite.]
(See quots.) Also attrib.
1866Lawrence tr. Cotta's Rocks Classified 99 Stylolites are a very singular formation in certain limestones, dolomites, or marls; they consist of irregular and longitudinally striped cylinders standing at right angles to the rocks' stratification. 1882A. Geikie Text bk. Geol. 313 The so-called ‘lignilites,’ ‘epsomites,’ and ‘stylolites’..are cylindrical or columnar bodies varying in length up to more than four inches, and in diameter to two or more inches. 1888Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. XXIII. 495 The stylolite structure often seen in massive limestones.
Hence styloˈlitic a., of the nature of, or containing, stylolites.
1866Lawrence tr. Cotta's Rocks Classified 289 Dolomite is seldom oolitic, slaty, fibrous, or stylolotic [sic]. |