Moqui marble
nounUS /ˈməʊ.ki ˈmɑɹbəl/
Etymology Probably from Moqui (“Hopi”), although a folk etymology claims that it comes from the near-homophonous Hopi mooki (“dead”).
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Any of a group of iron oxide concretions, shaped like small balls, found in the Navajo Sandstone Formation in Utah.
- Related terms
- hematite, goethite, Martian blueberry