lithic

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The wholesale transition from the realm of living fire to that of lithic fire may stand as a working definition of the Anthropocene.

From Slate • May 16, 2016

Angular sand-sized grains are approximately 70% quartz, 20% lithic, and 10% feldspar.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

His research interests include archaeological methods, lithic analysis, and the origins of modern culture.

From Science Magazine • Oct. 24, 2012

All of her ash was lithic, old stony stuff created from her own edifice.

From Scientific American • Jul. 7, 2012

The lithic acid calculus is generally of a brownish-red, or fawn colour; but occasionally of a colour approaching to that of mahogany.

From North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 by Bache, Franklin