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psephite Min.|ps-, ˈsiːfaɪt|
[mod. f. Ger. psephit, F. pséphite, f. Gr. ψῆϕος pebble, round stone + -ite1 2 b.]
A breccia or conglomerate composed of pebbles or small rounded stones. Hence psephitic |-ˈɪtɪk| a., of, of the nature of, small pebbles; composed as a conglomerate of small rounded pebbles or stones.
1879Rutley Study Rocks xiv. 299 The clastic rocks, which he divides into the psephitic (from ψῆϕος, a small stone); the psammitic, and the pelitic. |