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/ˈəʊəlʌɪt/ · noun
(geology) A rock consisting of spherical grains within a mineral cortex accreted around a nucleus, often of quartz grains..
Here and there are beds of oolites, for example, made of little rounded grains – like millet seed – that form only in agitated warm waters, such as you might find off the Bahamas today.
Use oolite when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Oolite means (geology) A rock consisting of spherical grains within a mineral cortex accreted around a nucleus, often of quartz grains..
Common synonyms include ooid, oolith, egg-stone.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Here and there are beds of oolites, for example, made of little rounded grains – like millet seed – that form only in agitated warm waters, such as you might find off the Bahamas today.
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