septarium

septarium
septarian, adj.septariate /sep tair"ee it/, adj.
/sep tair"ee euhm/, n., pl. septaria /-tair"ee euh/. Geol.
a concretionary nodule or mass, usually of calcium carbonate or of argillaceous carbonate of iron, traversed within by a network of cracks filled with calcite and other minerals.
[1775-85; < NL septarium, equiv. to L sept(um) enclosure (see SEPTUM) + -arium -ARIUM]

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