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† taragmite, a. Geol. Obs. rare.|təˈrægmaɪt|
[f. Gr. τάραγµα disturbance, f. τάρασσειν to disturb + -ite1.]
(See quots., and cf. phanerite.)
a1857J. Fleming Lithol. Edinb. v. (1859) 50 The first or Taragmite series, have been formed subsequently to the dressings, and, where present, repose upon them. 1859Page Geol. Terms, Taragmite Series..a term employed by Dr. Fleming in his ‘Lithology of Edinburgh’ to embrace the Boulder Clay, or lowest stage of the modern epoch, as ‘having been formed when violent aqueous movements were taking place, and probably at a period when the state of our island was widely different from the present’. |