noun
- Plural of psolith; small, rounded grains or pellets of sedimentary rock, typically composed of calcium carbonate, formed by the accumulation of mineral layers around a nucleus.
Usage: geology; technical term
Examples
- The limestone deposit contained numerous pisoliths embedded in a fine-grained matrix.
- Geologists examined the pisoliths under a microscope to determine their mineral composition.
- Pisolitic rocks are formed when pisoliths accumulate and cement together over time.
- The beach sand was rich with small pisoliths from the weathered coastal rocks.