lithic

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Affolter, M. D. On the nature of volcanic lithic fragments: Definition source and evolution.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2017

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

From Slate • May 16, 2016

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

Thus, in the present instance, the muriatic acid may be supposed to separate the lactic, while the latter precipitates the lithic, &c.

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