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septarium
[ sep-tair-ee-uhm ]
noun
Geology.
plural septaria
- a nodule or mass, such as of limestone or ironstone, formed by the addition of layers around a nucleus and having a network of cracks inside it filled with calcite and other minerals.
septarium
/ ²õÉ›±èˈ³Ùɛə°ùɪə³¾ /
noun
- a mass of mineral substance having cracks filled with another mineral, esp calcite
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Derived Forms
- ²õ±ð±èˈ³Ù²¹°ù¾±²¹²Ô, adjective
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ²õ±ð±è·³Ù²¹°ù·¾±Â·²¹²Ô adjective
- ²õ±ð±è·³Ù²¹°ù·¾±Â·²¹³Ù±ð [sep-, tair, -ee-it], adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of septarium1
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of septarium1
C18: from New Latin, from Latin septum
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Septarium, sep-tÄ′ri-um, n. an ovate flattened nodule of argillaceous limestone or ironstone—turtle-stone:—pl.
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About the tropics of the large septarium above mentioned, are circular eminent lines, such as might have been left if it had been coarsely turned in a lathe.
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These lines seem to consist of a fluid matter, which seems to have exsuded in circular zones, as their edges appear blunted or retracted; and the septarium seems to have split easier in such sections parallel to its equator.
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