encrinital

[Mod. Lat. encrinit (es), and Eng. suff. -al. ] Paleont.: Pertaining to the fo il Crinoideans, called Encrinites. tencrinital-limestone, s. Petrol.: A name sometimes given to the Mountain Limestone from the number of encrinites which it contains, whole ma es of the rock being almost entirely composed of them. IMG:content-0965.png:[blocks in formation]