calc-sinter
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of calc-sinter
From the German word Kalksinter, dating back to 1815–25. See calc-, sinter
Example Sentences
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These concretions have a straight cleavage in the direction of their short axis, and are often coated by fibrous calc-sinter and calcedony.
From Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea by Franklin, John
On this also depends the formation of stalactites and calc-sinter.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" by Various
The hollows in some of the fragments of vesicular lava of which the breccias and conglomerates are composed are partially filled with calc-sinter, being thus half converted into amygdaloids.
From The Student's Elements of Geology by Lyell, Charles, Sir
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