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What does psammite mean?

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Noun
  1. (mineralogy) Any sandstone, but most often a metamorphosed rock unit with a dominantly sandstone protolith.
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The ranges were composed of a psammite, which was frequently baked, probably by neighbouring out-bursts of igneous rock.
It typically shows graded bedding and cross laminae, and contains occasional pelite and psammite bands.
Her partner was the 11-year-old bay horse Howecot Psammite, whom she has brought on over the past seven years.
The prevailing rock was talc-schiste, alternating with layers of psammite.
The outer archways, which were added later in 1907, are a pink, massive, coarse-grained, K-feldspar porphyritic biotite granite containing biotite psammite xenoliths.
The next day Julie rode two Advanced horses to finish fourth with Irish Skater and retired on the cross country with Howecot Psammite.

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