gryphiten.
/ˈɡrɪfʌɪt/ Mineralogy.attributive.1838 C. Lyell Elem. Geol. xviii. 388 The name of Gryphite limestone has sometimes been applied to the lias.
A fossil oyster-shell of the genus Gryphæa. (Cf. crow-stone n.)
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1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Gryphites, in natural history, the name of a very common fossile shell.]
1794 R. Kirwan Elements Mineral. (ed. 2) I. 81 It [Compact Limestone] frequently abounds with impressions or petrifactions of..pectinites, gryphites, mytulites, &c.
1811 J. Pinkerton Petralogy I. 481 Gryphites..enter into the composition of the singular calcareous chain of the Pyrenees.
1872 W. S. Symonds Rec. Rocks ix. 327 A fine section of Lower Lias, with numerous gryphites and other characteristic fossils.
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