Sinter /(?)/
Sin·ter
Sinter
n.
- Dross, as of iron; the scale which files from iron when hammered; -- applied as a name to various minerals. (Min.)
Phrases & Compounds
- Calcareous sinter
- a loose banded variety of calcite formed by deposition from lime-bearing waters; calcareous tufa; travertine.
- Ceraunian sinter
- fulgurite.
- Siliceous sinter
- a light cellular or fibrous opal; especially, geyserite (see Geyserite). It has often a pearly luster, and is then called pearl sinter.