septarium

[sep-tair-ee-uhm]

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noun

Geology.

plural

septaria

a nodule or mass, such as of limestone or ironstone, formed by the addition of layers around a nucleus and having a network of cracks inside it filled with calcite and other minerals.

septarium

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noun

a mass of mineral substance having cracks filled with another mineral, esp calcite

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Other Word Forms

septarian adjective
septariate adjective
��ˈ�ٲ�� adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of septarium¹

First recorded in 1775–85; from New Latin ��ŧ��ܳ�, equivalent to Latin ��ŧ��(�ܳ�) “enclosure” ( septum ) + -��ܳ� -arium

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Word History and Origins

Origin of septarium¹

C18: from New Latin, from Latin _septum

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Septarium, sep-tā′ri-um, n. an ovate flattened nodule of argillaceous limestone or ironstone—turtle-stone:—pl.

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About the tropics of the large septarium above mentioned, are circular eminent lines, such as might have been left if it had been coarsely turned in a lathe.

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These lines seem to consist of a fluid matter, which seems to have exsuded in circular zones, as their edges appear blunted or retracted; and the septarium seems to have split easier in such sections parallel to its equator.

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septarian septate

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