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Ovoid
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ovoid
Botany (of a fruit or similar part) egg-shaped with the broader end at the base

Ovoid 

(1) A large spherical phenocryst in magmatic rock resulting from the partial resorption of a previously formed phenocryst. Ovoids are a characteristic feature of the rapakivi granite in the vicinity of Vyborg.

(2) A spherical limestone grain having a radial structure. Certain varieties of ovoids are oolites. Ovoids form oolitic and ovoid limestones.



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[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] From 1986 until her death, Bartuszova also shaped fragile ovoids of all sizes by pulling plaster over inflated balloons.
The most common type is the disintegration of matrix surrounding the K-feldspar ovoids, where the ovoids themselves remain less weathered.
Among her subjects are spheres, swirls, arcs, ovoids, and triangular forms -- assemblages that sometimes look like balloons and ribbons, sometimes like satellites orbiting around celestial bodies, and sometimes like random collections of origami fragments.
 
 
 
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