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What does saccharoid mean?

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Adjective
  1. Having a texture similar to that of granulated sugar. Used of rocks and minerals.
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Mica-schist, gneiss, and saccharoid marble are typical of this class.
The siliceous beds accompanying the saccharoid limestone have, in short, a character of their own.
The limestone at this locality is white and saccharoid, with large rhombohedral crystals of calcspar.
The saccharoid and lamellar, or statuary marbles, belong entirely to primitive and transition districts.
When nearer the junction it becomes grey, and has a saccharoid structure.

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