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Meaning of "itacolumite" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ITACOLUMITE

Named after Itacolumi mountain in Brazil where it is found.

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PRONUNCIATION OF ITACOLUMITE

ˌɪtəˈkɒljʊˌmaɪt


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ITACOLUMITE

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Itacolumite is a noun.
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WHAT DOES ITACOLUMITE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Itacolumite

Itacolumite is a naturally occurring porous, yellow sandstone that is flexible when cut into thin strips. It occurs in great numbers at Itacolumi, in the southern portion of Minas Gerais, Brazil. It is also found in Jhajjar, India; Georgia; and Stokes and McDowell Counties North Carolina, USA. It is the best and most widely known example of a flexible sandstone and is a source of diamonds found in the Minas Gerais area. On the split faces of the slabs, scales of greenish mica are visible, but in other respects the rock seems to be remarkably pure. If a piece which is a foot or two long and half an inch thick is supported at its ends it will gradually bend by its own weight. If it is then turned over it will straighten and bend in the opposite direction. Flakes a millimetre or two thick can be bent between the fingers and are said to give out a creaking sound, but specimens showing this property form only a small part of the whole mass of the rock.

Definition of itacolumite in the English dictionary

The definition of itacolumite in the dictionary is a fine-grained micaceous sandstone that occurs in thin flexible slabs.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ITACOLUMITE

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ITACOLUMITE

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WORDS THAT END LIKE ITACOLUMITE

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Synonyms and antonyms of itacolumite in the English dictionary of synonyms

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ITACOLUMITE»

Discover the use of itacolumite in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to itacolumite and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Chemical News
Itacolumite is stated by geologists to be, beyond a doubt, a metamorphic rock— that is, arock which has been changed materially subsequent to its deposition. It is said also to have been originally sedimentary. No fossils have been found in it.
‎1864
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The Chemical News and Journal of Industrial Science
Itacolumite is stated by geologists to be, beyond a doubt, a metamorphic rock — that is, a rock which has been changed materially subsequent to its deposition. It is said also to have been originally sedimentary. No fossils have been found in it.
‎1864
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Chemical News and Journal of Industrial Science
For a long period the red psammite and the secondary itacolumite sandstone have been regarded as the sole matrices of diamond, whence it has been derived by the detrital erratic deposits ; but since then, it has been found in the true ...
Sir William Crookes, 1871
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The Chemical News and Journal of Physical Science
The moveable soil resting upon the rock is often covered with large blocks obviously belonging to the itacolumite. When oxide of iron exists in the vicinity, the upper layers are seen to be cemented into a conglomerate (canga) in which ...
‎1864
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THE CHEMICAL NEWS
Itacolumite is stated by geologists to be, beyond a doubt, a metamorphic rock — that is, a rock which has been changed materially subsequent to its deposition. It is said also to have been originally sedimentary. No fossils have been found in it.
WILLIAM CROOKES F.R.S, 1864
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Chemical News and Journal of Industrial Science
Itacolumite is stated by geologists to be, beyond a doubt, a metamorphic rock — that is, a rock which has been changed materially subsequent to its deposition. It is said also to have been originally sedimentary. No fossils have been found in it.
‎1864
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The Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art
Both of them are crystallized in the perfect primitive octohedron ; and M. Claus- sen has been assured that all the diamonds found in the Itacolumite sandstone are rounded oetohedrons, while those found in the Psammite sandstone are ...
‎1853
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Down the Crabtree
Itacolumite The Bending Rock The next curiosity is Itacolumite which has occasionally been called Articulite, found in numerous North Carolina localities. Called flexible sandstone, it is a variety of metamorphosed sandstone, slabs of which ...
Robert J. Schabilion, 2009
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The Chemical News and Journal of Industrial Science; with ...
Itacolumite is stated by geologists to be, beyond a doubt, a metamorphic rock — that is, a rock which has been changed materially subsequent to its deposition. It is said also to have been originally sedimentary. No fossils have been found in it.
Sir William Crookes, 1864
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The Geologist
In the former it is the product of itacolumite, formed of pure quartz sand, fragments of itacolumite and quartz. It fills the cavities resulting from the distraction of certain beds of itacolumite, which are called by the Brazilians canaes corrames.
Samuel Joseph Mackie, 1861
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