Thinolite

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Thinolite \Thin"o*lite\, n. [Gr. ?, ?, shore + -lite.] (Min.)
     A calcareous tufa, in part crystalline, occurring on a large
     scale as a shore deposit about the Quaternary lake basins of
     Nevada.
     [1913 Webster]