Radiolarite is a siliceous, comparatively hard, fine-grained, chert-like, and homogeneous sedimentary rock that is composed predominantly of the microscopic...
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basalt. Basanite (not to be confused with bassanite), Lydian stone, and radiolarite (a.k.a. lydite or flinty slate) are terms used to refer to several types...
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condition and biogenic silica/detrital fluxes of the Middle Jurassic Radiolarite in Tethys (Sogno, Lombardy, N-Italy): Possible link with glaciation?"...
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still deposited. An example of a rock formed of silica skeletons is radiolarite. When the bottom of the sea has a small inclination, for example, at...
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tools are made from cryptocrystalline materials such as chert, flint, radiolarite, chalcedony, obsidian, basalt, and quartzite via a splitting process...
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oxides and hydroxides of iron Mercury, (as liquid) Moldavite Mookaite/Radiolarite Obsidian—volcanic glass; non-crystalline structure, a silica rich glass...
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(var.) Herkimer diamond (var.) Milky quartz (var.) Prasiolite (var.) Radiolarite (var.) Rose quartz (var.) Rock crystal (var.) Shocked quartz (var.) Smoky...
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nannoplankton Siliceous ooze biogenic silica silicification diatomaceous earth radiolarite Microfossil Reverse weathering Sedimentary ecology Soil biomantle Soil...
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responsible for extracting silica from seawater from the Jurassic and later. Radiolarite consists mostly of remains of radiolarians. When the remains are well-cemented...
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INISTÂ 14692468. Racki, G; Cordey, Fabrice (2000). "Radiolarian palaeoecology and radiolarites: Is the present the key to the past?". Earth-Science Reviews. 52 (1):...
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