lithic

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Other commonly found sediment grains include feldspar and lithic fragments.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2017

The other burns lithic landscapes, which is to say, biomass buried and turned to stone in the geologic past.

From Slate • May 16, 2016

His research interests include archaeological methods, lithic analysis, and the origins of modern culture.

From Science Magazine • Oct. 24, 2012

All of her ash was lithic, old stony stuff created from her own edifice.

From Scientific American • Jul. 7, 2012

There was nothing very remarkable in the character of the urine; the quantity voided was small, and very high coloured, with occasionally a lithic deposit.

From An Investigation into the Nature of Black Phthisis or Ulceration Induced by Carbonaceous Accumulation in the Lungs of Coal Miners by Makellar, Archibald