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What is a concretion?

What is a concretion? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. The process of aggregating or coalescing into a mass.
  2. A solid, hard mass formed by a process of aggregation or coalescence.
  3. (petrology) A rounded mass of a mineral, sometimes found in sedimentary rock or on the ocean floor.
  4. The action of making something concrete or the result of such an action.
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Asbestos bodies are asbestos fibers that have been coated with an iron-rich, proteinaceous concretion.
Figure 6 shows examples of both a complete concretion and a polished cutaway section that shows the radial structure and dark center.
Limited dolomitization of the calcite around the edges of the fossils and in the matrix of the concretion occurred at a later stage.
The concern with material concretion begins with Bernstein's title, With Strings.
The concretion matrix is dominantly an interlocking mosaic of calcite, ferroan dolomite and quartz.
Recently, one of us saw a bin of silicified barite concretion fragments in a Utah rock shop that were being sold as cycad specimens.

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