"biolith" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1915, David Holde, Edward Mueller, The examination of hydrocarbon oils and of saponifiable fats and waxes, page 7",
          "text": "By extraction of a combustible biolith with different solvents, Holde was able to obtain as much as 7.7 percent of fatty, wax-like or colophony-like bodies.",
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          "ref": "1955, Roger Van Vloten, Geology of the border region between Coaluila and Zacatecas, Mexico, page 141",
          "text": "The third theory which was advanced to explain the formation of phosphorites is the classical biolith hypothesis.",
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          "ref": "2001, Alina Kabata-Pendias, Henryk Pendias, Trace elements in soils and plants, page 144",
          "text": "Under conditions of strong oxidation, Cd is likely to form minerals (CdO, CdCO₃) and is also likely to be accumulated in phosphate and in biolith deposits.",
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        "(petrology) A rock or other geological feature formed by living organisms."
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