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spiculite

spiculite

[′spik·yə‚līt]
(petrology)
A spindle-shaped belonite thought to have formed by the coalescence of globulites.
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Genuine beds of spiculite have not been observed in the Middle and Upper Ordovician of Baltica.
Typology and fossil assemblage of Sandbian (Ordovician) 'baksteenkalk': an erratic silicified limestone of Baltic origin from the northeastern Netherlands and adjacent areas of Germany
Soft coral spiculite (the massive skeletons formed by sclerites cemented in aragonite) appears in fossil Quaternary coral reefs at various locations in the Indo-Pacific (Johnson and Risk, 1987; Accordi et al., 1989; Cabioch et al., 1995).
"Alcyonarian spiculite" nei calcari recifali quaternari della costa Somalia.
Light-enhanced calcification and dark decalcification in isolates of the soft coral Cladiella sp. during tissue recovery
The rocks with the highest resistivities are the Cretaceous sandstones and spiculites and on some places also the Permian conglomerates and volcanic rocks.
Tectonic pattern of the Hronov-Porici trough as seen from pole-dipole geoelectrical measurements
Sometimes the monaxon spicules form spiculites. In this case spicules show subparallel orientation.
Middle Artinskian (Early Permian) ecological event: a case study of the Urals and northern Timan/Kesk-Artinski (vara-Permi) okoloogilise sundmuse uuring Uurali ja Pohja-Timaani labiloigetes/[TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII]
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