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septarian, a.|sɛpˈtɛərɪən|
[f. septari-um + -an.]
Of the form or character of septaria.
1867Ure's Dict. Arts III. 631 A stratum of septarian stone, forming the Broad Bench on the coast of Dorsetshire, affords an excellent cement. 1882Geikie Text-bk. Geol. iv. i. 488 Such septarian nodules..are abundant in many shales. 1884H. G. Seeley Phys. Geol. & Palæont. 47 These concretions [sc. of phosphate of lime] rarely assume a septarian structure.
So sepˈtariate a.; also sepˈtariiform a.
1833–4J. Phillips Geol. in Encycl. Metrop. (1845) VI. 621/1 Clay, 50 to 100 feet, with layers of nodules, often septariate. 1875Dawson Life's Dawn iv. 91, I use the term ‘septariiform’ to denote the curdled appearance so often presented by the Laurentian serpentine. |