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Oolite (oolitic limestone): commonly occurring limestone, consisting largely of ooids. Oolitic: composed, or largely composed of ooids. Ooid (oolith): subspherical, sand-sized, carbonate particle that has concentric rings of calcium carbonate surrounding a nucleus of another particle. — A Dictionary of Geology and Earth Sciences (4 ed.), Oxford University Press