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单词 star-flint
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star-flint n. Obsolete silicified coral, spec. that which is found in Wiltshire in southern England; cf. star stone n. 2.
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?1711 J. Petiver Gazophylacii VII.–VIII. Table 68 Wiltshire Star-flint... This Fossil is represented, as cut, polisht, and designed for a Snuff-box.
1883 Proc. Geologists' Assoc. 1881–2 7 140 The President..distributed amongst the Members a number of pieces of Portlandian Coral (Isastrœa oblonga), which is known in this district as ‘star-flint’, being always found in a silicified condition.
1904 Proc. Geologists' Assoc. 1903–4 18 154 The celebrated ‘Star Flint’, silicified coral, has been found north-west of Tisbury, but it does not occur in the Chilmark Quarries.
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