单词 | osteolite |
释义 | osteoliten. Mineralogy. Now rare. A compact native form of calcium phosphate resembling lithographic stone. ΚΠ 1854 J. D. Dana Syst. Mineral. (ed. 4) 398 The Osteolite of Bromeis is supposed to be apatite which has become earthy in appearance, and lost its fluorine and chlorine. 1875 A. W. Bennett & W. T. T. Dyer tr. J. von Sachs Text-bk. Bot. 625 Polished plates of marble, dolomite, or osteolite (calcium phosphate) are covered with sand to the depth of a few inches, and seeds are then sown in the sand. 1938 Thorpe's Dict. Appl. Chem. (ed. 4) II. 224/2 Calcium Orthophosphate, Ca3(PO4)2, occurs pure in the mineral osteolite. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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