peliten.

Brit.

/ˈpiːlʌɪt/, U.S.

/ˈpiˌlaɪt/

Origin: A borrowing from German. Etymon: German Pelit.

Etymology: < German Pelit (C. F. Naumann Lehrb. d. Geognosie (1850) I. 487) < ancient Greek πηλός clay, earth, mud (see pelo- comb. form) + German -it -ite suffix¹.

Geology.

A sediment or sedimentary rock or composed of very fine clay or mud particles, esp. of hydrated aluminium silicates; lutite.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > sedimentary rock > [noun] > other argillaceous

tough-stonea1641

waxen vein1681

mudstone1736

marlstone1766

marlite1794

pelite1879

lutite1904

1879 F. Rutley Study of Rocks xiv. 299 The psammites and pelites..are respectively represented by the various sandstones, arkose, etc., and by the tuffs.

1920 A. Holmes Nomencl. Petrol. 178 Pelite, a general term for clastic sediments composed of clay, minute particles of quartz, or rock-flour.

1954 Q. Jrnl. Geol. Soc. 110 177 In the Delting area, Mainland, Shetland islands.., a succession of metamorphosed pelites, quartzites, and calcareous rocks, with interbedded basic sills, reaches a thickness of 36,000 feet.

1991 Ann. Rep. Brit. Geol. Surv. 1990–91 (BNC) 10 The Grampian Group..is overstepped by pelites with quartzite wedges at the base of the Appin Group.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pelite
释义	peliten. Brit. /ˈpiːlʌɪt/, U.S. /ˈpiˌlaɪt/ Origin: A borrowing from German. Etymon: German Pelit. Etymology: < German Pelit (C. F. Naumann Lehrb. d. Geognosie (1850) I. 487) < ancient Greek πηλός clay, earth, mud (see pelo- comb. form) + German -it -ite suffix¹. Geology. A sediment or sedimentary rock or composed of very fine clay or mud particles, esp. of hydrated aluminium silicates; lutite. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > sedimentary rock > [noun] > other argillaceous tough-stonea1641 waxen vein1681 mudstone1736 marlstone1766 marlite1794 pelite1879 lutite1904 1879 F. Rutley Study of Rocks xiv. 299 The psammites and pelites..are respectively represented by the various sandstones, arkose, etc., and by the tuffs. 1920 A. Holmes Nomencl. Petrol. 178 Pelite, a general term for clastic sediments composed of clay, minute particles of quartz, or rock-flour. 1954 Q. Jrnl. Geol. Soc. 110 177 In the Delting area, Mainland, Shetland islands.., a succession of metamorphosed pelites, quartzites, and calcareous rocks, with interbedded basic sills, reaches a thickness of 36,000 feet. 1991 Ann. Rep. Brit. Geol. Surv. 1990–91 (BNC) 10 The Grampian Group..is overstepped by pelites with quartzite wedges at the base of the Appin Group. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1879
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