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noun
A small stone tool.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: archaeology, history, human-sciences, sciences
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noun
The microscopic acicular components of rocks.
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History
From micro- + -lith. In the sense of rock components, the name was suggested by Vogelsang in 1867.
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