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"Calcify"
Keywords:
stony
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lime
,
calcareous
,
salts
,
impregnated
Related Terms:
Limestone
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Schist
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Dolostone
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Argillite
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Carbonate rock
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Shale
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Claystone
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Sandstone
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Calcarenite
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Porphyroblast
,
Quartzite
,
Micrite
,
Gneiss
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Siltstone
,
Speleothem
,
Oolite
,
Ooid
,
Aragonite
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Schists
,
Mudstone
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Coquina
,
Calcite
,
Oolitic limestone
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Oolitic
,
Hornfels
,
Tufa
,
Calcified
,
Granulite
,
Graywacke
,
Metasediment
,
Calcareous
,
Marl
,
Rock
,
Chert
,
Argillaceous
,
Arkose
,
Slate
,
Phyllite
,
Massive
,
Greywacke
,
Travertine
,
Dolomite
,
Dolomitic limestone
,
Dripstone
,
Sedimentary rock
,
Saprolite
,
Anhydrite
,
Authigenic
,
Migmatite
,
Sedimentary
To make stony or calcareous by the deposit or secretion of salts of lime.
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To become changed into a stony or calcareous condition, in which lime is a principal ingredient, as in the formation of teeth.
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become impregnated with calcium salts
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turn into lime; become calcified; "The rock calcified over the centuries"
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convert into lime; "the salts calcified the rock"
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Keywords:
inflexible
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unchanging
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folks
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old
become inflexible and unchanging; "Old folks can calcify"
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