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septarium

[ sep-tair-ee-uhm ]

noun

Geology.
plural septaria
  1. 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

  1. a mass of mineral substance having cracks filled with another mineral, esp calcite
“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

  • 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

First recorded in 1775–85; from New Latin ²õŧ±è³ÙÄå°ù¾±³Ü³¾, equivalent to Latin ²õŧ±è³Ù(³Ü³¾) “enclosure†( septum ) + -Äå°ù¾±³Ü³¾ -arium
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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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