 | Sir Charles Lyell - Geology - 1833 - 570 pages
...forming a characteristic feature of a group of the secondary strata. See Table II. H, p. 391. It is so named, because it is composed of rounded particles, like the roe or eggs of a fish. Etym. aov, oon, egg, and XtOot, lithoi, Stone. OPALIZED WOOD. Wood petrified by siliceous earth, and... | |
 | Sir Charles Lyell - Geology - 1835 - 420 pages
...OLD RED SANDSTONE. A stratified rock belonging to the Carboniferous group. See Table II. L, Appendix. OLIVINE. An olive-coloured, semi-transparent, simple...occur in this group in England, France, &c. Etym., <aov, oon, egg, and \iSos, lithns, stone. OPALIZED WOOD. Wood petrified by siliceous earth, and acquiring... | |
 | Virginia Geological Survey - Geology - 1836 - 552 pages
...nodus, knot. Old Red Sandstone. A stratified rock belonging to the Carboniferous group (of Europe.) Oolite, Oolitic. A limestone, so named because it...The name is also applied to a large group of strata, characterised by peculiar fossils, because limestone of this kind occurs in this group in England,... | |
 | Geological Survey of Pennsylvania - Geology - 1836 - 686 pages
...which it shows itself. Still we are entitled to consider it as not confined merely to the * OOLITE. — A limestone so named because it is composed of rounded particles, like the roe or eggs of a fish. , • few scattered points, where it emerges to the day, but as resting in many places at the base... | |
 | Ohio. General Assembly - Geological surveys - 1836 - 174 pages
...belonging to the carboniferous group of Europe." JVodule. A rounded, irregular shaped lump or mass. Oolite. "A lime-stone, so named, because it is composed of rounded particles like the roe or eggs of fish. The name is also applied to a large group of strata characterized by peculiar fossils." Orthoceratite.... | |
 | Sir Charles Lyell - Geology - 1837 - 500 pages
...immediately below the Carboniferous Group, and sometimes classed with it. See Table I., N, Vol. IV. p. 306. OLIVINE. An olive-coloured, semi-transparent, simple...The name is also applied to a large group of strata, Table I., H, Vol. IV. p. 303. characterized by peculiar fossils, because limestone of this kind occurs... | |
 | Michigan. Legislature. House of Representatives - Michigan - 1839 - 910 pages
...lump or mass. Old Red Sandstone. " A stratified rock, belonging to the carboniferous group of Europe." Oolite, oolitic. " A limestone, so named, because...composed of rounded particles like the roe or eggs of fish. The name is also applied to a large group of strata characterized by peculiar fossils." Organic... | |
 | Michigan. Legislature - Michigan - 1839 - 584 pages
...lump or mass. Old Red Sandstone. "A stratified rock, belonging to the carboniferous group of Europe." Oolite, oolitic. "A limestone, so named, because it...composed of rounded particles like the roe or eggs of fish. The name is also applied to a large group of strata characterized by peculiar fossils." Organic... | |
 | Frederick John Francis - 1839 - 204 pages
...limestone, from the Greek <abv, oon, an eg-g, and AiOns, a stone, is so named, because, says Mr. I. yell, " it is composed of rounded particles, like the roe or eggs of a fish." And Cretaceous is derived from the Latin creta, chalk, which expresses exactly the nature of the formations... | |
 | William Williams Mather - Geology - 1841 - 310 pages
...Old Red Sand-stone. " A stratified rock, belonging to the carboniferous group of Europe." Oolite. " A lime-stone, so named, because it is composed of rounded particles like the roe or eggs of fish. The name is also applied to a large group of strata characterized by peculiar fossils." Organic... | |
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A limestone, so named, because it is composed of rounded particles like the roe or eggs of fish. The name is also applied to a large group of strata characterized by peculiar fossils. 
