variolite
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Latin varius (“various”) + -lite: compare French variolite.
Noun[edit]
variolite (countable and uncountable, plural variolites)
- (geology) A rock containing centimeter-scale spherical or globular structures (varioles) in a fine-grained matrix.
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References[edit]
- “variolite”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.