lithic

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The other burns lithic landscapes, which is to say, biomass buried and turned to stone in the geologic past.

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 caustic alkalies are strong alkalies which have a powerful corrosive action on the skin, and the common ones are potassic hydroxide or caustic potash, sodic hydroxide or caustic soda, and lithic hydroxide.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide by Various