Definition of "oolites" [oolites]

• Plural form of oolite. (noun)

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• "At Bayeux, the type district, they are ferruginous oolites; in the Jura and Lorraine a coral limestone overlies a crinoidal variety; calcareous sandy and marly beds occur in Maine and Anjou; in"
• "-- Artificial production of calcareous pisolites and oolites."
• "It is hardly necessary to dwell upon the possible geological applications of this mode of forming calcareous oolites and pisolites."