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Siliceous

adjective
(Written also silisious)
1.
Relating to or containing or resembling silica.  Synonym: silicious.






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"Siliceous" Quotes from Famous Books



... the result of the denudation and decomposition of felspathic and siliceous rocks, and consist of the fine insoluble particles which have been carried in suspension in water and deposited in geologic basins according to their specific gravity and degree of fineness (see ...
— Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 - "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" • Various

... from the siliceous particles of granite and other rocks, and consist in many cases of nearly pure silica, in which case their disintegration produces a barren sand, but they more frequently contain an admixture of clay and micaceous scales, which sometimes form a by no means inconsiderable ...
— Elements of Agricultural Chemistry • Thomas Anderson



Words linked to "Siliceous" :   silica, silicious



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