concretion

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Concretion; coherence of separate particles; as, the accretion of particles so as to form a solid mass.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah

And whether in process of time it will harden into a metal, or Mineral Concretion?

From Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society - Vol 1 - 1666 Giving some Accompt of the present Undertakings, Studies, and Labours of the Ingenious in many considerable parts of the World by Oldenburg, Henry

Concretion or Co-inherence denotes inseparable or necessary connection, such as that between substance and quality.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" by Various

Concretion: a massing together of parts or particles.

From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.

Opinions examined with regard to Petrifaction, or Mineral Concretion.

From Theory of the Earth, Volume 1 (of 4) by Hutton, James