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Categories: Mineralogy stubs, Sedimentary rocks, Petrology, Minerals, Mineralogy

nodule

(mineralogy) a small rounded lump of mineral substance (usually harder than the surrounding rock or sediment) WordNet 3.0

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(mineralogy) a small rounded lump of mineral substance (usually harder than the surrounding rock or sediment) WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

In sedimentology and geology, a nodule is a small, irregularly rounded knot, mass, or lump of a mineral or mineral aggregate that typically has a contrasting composition, such as a pyrite nodule in coal, a chert nodule in limestone, or a phosphorite nodule in marine shale, from the enclosing sediment or sedimentary rock. Wikipedia

A small rock or mineral cluster Wikipedia Disambiguation

Knot, mass, or lump of a mineral or mineral aggregate with a contrasting composition Wikidata

A rounded mass or irregular shape; a little knot or lump. Wiktionary

Rounded mass. Wiktionary (translation)

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