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Oolitic vs Nonoolitic - What's the difference?

oolitic | nonoolitic |

As adjectives the difference between oolitic and nonoolitic

is that oolitic is while nonoolitic is not oolitic.

oolitic

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (geology) Made up of, or containing oolites
  • * 1844 , Charles Darwin, Volcanic Islands , Project Gutenberg transcription
    • Masses of white, finely oolitic rock are attached to the outside of some of these coated pebbles.
  • Of a prehistoric era; Jurassic.
  • * 1852 , J.C. Fremont, The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California , Project Gutenberg transcription
    • These mines occur in the same ridge in which, about 120 miles to the northward, and subsequently in their more immediate neighborhood, we discovered the fossils belonging to the oolitic period

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An oolite.
  • A prehistoric era; the Jurassic.

    • nonoolitic

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Not oolitic.