Usually means: Metamorphic rock, primarily composed sandstone.
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  1. psammite: Merriam-Webster
  2. psammite: Collins English Dictionary
  3. psammite: Wordnik
  4. psammite: Wiktionary
  5. psammite: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  6. psammite: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. Psammite, psammite: Dictionary.com
  8. Psammite: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. Psammite: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. psammite: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  11. Psammite: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  12. psammite: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  13. psammite: FreeDictionary.org
  14. psammite: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  15. psammite: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ noun:  (mineralogy) Any sandstone, but most often a metamorphosed rock unit with a dominantly sandstone protolith

Similar:
psammoma, metasandstone, psammaquent, metasiltstone, metasediment, psephite, psamment, sandbody, sandstone, sedimentary, more...

Opposite:
pelite, argillite, shale

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Similar:
psammoma, metasandstone, psammaquent, metasiltstone, metasediment, psephite, psamment, sandbody, sandstone, sedimentary, more...

Opposite:
pelite, argillite, shale



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