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psammite

[ sam-ahyt ]

noun

Geology.
  1. any sandstone.


psammite

/ sæˈmɪtɪk; ˈsæmaɪt /

noun

  1. a rare name for sandstone
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • psammitic, adjective
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ±è²õ²¹³¾Â·³¾¾±³Ù·¾±³¦ [sa-, mit, -ik], adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of psammite1

1880–85; < Greek ±è²õá³¾³¾(´Ç²õ) sand + -ite 1
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of psammite1

C19: from Greek psammos sand
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Example Sentences

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The characteristic Holoptychius nobilissimus has been detected in the Psammite de Condroz, which in Belgium forms a characteristic sandy portion of the Upper Devonian rocks.

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Porphyry was observed on several spots; indurated clay frequently; and, on the top of the hill below which we encamped, I found quartz porphyry, and at the foot a psammite? which I had met several times associated with talc-schiste.

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The ranges were composed of a Psammite, which was frequently baked, probably by neighbouring out-bursts of igneous rock.

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Other conical hills or short ranges, with irregular rugged crests, were composed of granite of many varieties, red and white, fine grained without hornblende, or containing the latter substance, and changing into sienite; and, at one place, it seemed as if it had broken through Psammite.

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The prevailing rock was talc-schiste, alternating with layers of psammite.

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