lithic

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The wholesale transition from the realm of living fire to that of lithic fire may stand as a working definition of the Anthropocene.

From Slate • May 16, 2016

The terms quartz wacke, lithic wacke, and feldspathic wacke are used.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

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

Hence the immediate cause of the deposition of lithic acid gravel is generally a destructible acid of very weak powers: even, perhaps, in some instances, the carbonic acid.

From North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 by Bache, Franklin