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What is the noun for oolite?

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oolith
  1. (geology) A spherical granule of which oolite is composed, formed by concentric accretion of thin layers of a mineral around a core. Calcium carbonate (limestone) is the most common mineral that forms ooliths, but they may also form from other minerals such as dolomite and silica.
  2. (rare) Oolite.
  3. Synonyms:
oolite
  1. (geology) A rock consisting of spherical grains within a mineral cortex accreted around a nucleus, often of quartz grains.
  2. (countable, rare) An ooid or oolith.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “At Taskent the upper layer of oolite is more resistant but sharply truncated beneath stromatolites of the overlying Gevne Formation.”
      “In the process of being buried under other sediments, these ooids can fuse into a solid mass of sedimentary rock called oolite.”
      “Lincoln itself stands on Lias beds, with a capping of the lower oolite limestone.”
oolitic
  1. An oolite.
  2. (dated, 19th century) A prehistoric era; the Jurassic.
oolitics
  1. plural of oolitic
oolites
ooliths
  1. plural of oolith
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Siliciclastic material is mostly represented by clay, except in the Aseri Formation, where phosphatic or goethitic ooliths and admixture of quartz sand are recorded.”
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