Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An amorphous emerald-green mineral occurring with malachite at Rézbánya, Hungary. It contains the oxids of copper and antimony, with water, but its homogeneity is doubtful.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A form of
stromatolite that has a clotted, rather than a laminated structure
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The thrombolite structures, which can reach heights of up to 1. 3m, are formed when the micro-organisms photosynthesise.
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