spherule
Example Sentences
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They were looking for spherule particles, or tiny fragments of rock, left behind by impact.
From BBC • Oct. 21, 2024
Evidence for the theory can be found not just within the crystals but also in areas called spherule beds.
From Scientific American • Sep. 30, 2022
He worries that only two spherule beds match the crystal data, and one of those beds is not located within Australia—meaning that the timing might not match after all.
From Scientific American • Sep. 30, 2022
In these rocks the nucleus of every minute spherule is seen, under the microscope, to consist of a small rhizopod or foraminifer.
From The Student's Elements of Geology by Lyell, Charles, Sir
What can be more widely contrasted than a newly-born child and the small, semi-transparent spherule constituting the human ovum?
From Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative, Vol. I by Spencer, Herbert
