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Definition of Thinolites

Thinolite
Thinolite Thin"o*lite, n. [Gr. ?, ?, shore + -lite.] (Min.) A calcareous tufa, in part crystalline, occurring on a large scale as a shore deposit about the Quaternary lake basins of Nevada.

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- Stein, C.; Smith, A.J. (1989). "Ikaite, CaCO3ยท6H2O, precursor of the thinolites in the Quaternary tufas and tufa mounds of the Lahontan and Mono Lake...
- formation of the large thinolite crystals (also referred to as glendonite) in thinolitic tufa. It was relatively clear that the thinolites represented a calcite...
- are known as the Wilson Cr**** beds. Furthermore, as lake levels dropped thinolite was deposited in the lake, where calcium-rich groundwater emerged into...