exogangue
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "The exogangue is composed of diatom fragments with minor amounts of volcanic ash, very fine quartz and feldspar grains, sponge spicules, and organic matter."
- "The winnowing away of siliciclastic exogangue in nearshore locations is capable of converting a commercially low-grade deposit into a more uniform high-grade one."
- "The observation O.E.K’s phosphates under binocular magnifying glass, after mixing simples with water shows that: the phosphatic elements are primarily made up of pellets, osseous remains, tooth of squales and oolites; the exogangue is composed of quartz, calcite, dolomite, gypsum and clay; the endogangue is not very abundant about 3%."
Etymology
From exo- + gangue.