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Albite
noun · 78% connection
A mineral of the feldspar family, triclinic in crystallization, and in composition a silicate of alumina and soda. It is a common cons…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, feldspar, family, commonly, occurring.
Amphibole
noun · 78% connection
A common mineral embracing many varieties varying in color and in composition. It occurs in monoclinic crystals; also massive, general…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, feldspar, family, commonly, occurring.
Analcime
noun · 78% connection
A white or flesh-red mineral, of the zeolite family, occurring in isometric crystals. By friction, it acquires a weak electricity; hen…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, feldspar, family, commonly, occurring.
Augite
noun · 78% connection
A variety of pyroxene, usually of a black or dark green color, occurring in igneous rocks, such as basalt; -- also used instead of the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, feldspar, family, commonly, occurring.
Axinite
noun · 78% connection
A borosilicate of alumina, iron, and lime, commonly found in glassy, brown crystals with acute edges.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, feldspar, family, commonly, occurring.
Barite
noun · 78% connection
Native sulphate of barium, a mineral occurring in transparent, colorless, white to yellow crystals (generally tabular), also in granul…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, feldspar, family, commonly, occurring.
Basalt
noun · 78% connection
A rock of igneous origin, consisting of augite and triclinic feldspar, with grains of magnetic or titanic iron, and also bottle-green…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, feldspar, family, commonly, occurring.
Cabazite
noun · 78% connection
A mineral occuring in glassy rhombohedral crystals, varying, in color from white to yellow or red. It is essentially a hydrous silicat…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, feldspar, family, commonly, occurring.
Crystallite
noun · 78% connection
A minute mineral form like those common in glassy volcanic rocks and some slags, not having a definite crystalline outline and not ref…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, feldspar, family, commonly, occurring.
Datolite
noun · 78% connection
A borosilicate of lime commonly occuring in glassy,, greenish crystals.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, feldspar, family, commonly, occurring.
Decomposition
noun · 78% connection
The act or process of resolving the constituent parts of a compound body or substance into its elementary parts; separation into const…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, feldspar, family, commonly, occurring.
Devitrification
noun · 78% connection
The act or process of devitrifying, or the state of being devitrified. Specifically, the conversion of molten glassy matter into a sto…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, feldspar, family, commonly, occurring.
Diabase
noun · 78% connection
A basic, dark-colored, holocrystalline, igneous rock, consisting essentially of a triclinic feldspar and pyroxene with magnetic iron;…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, feldspar, family, commonly, occurring.
Dike
noun · 78% connection
A wall-like mass of mineral matter, usually an intrusion of igneous rocks, filling up rents or fissures in the original strata.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, feldspar, family, commonly, occurring.
Diorite
noun · 78% connection
An igneous, crystalline in structure, consisting essentially of a triclinic feldspar and hornblende. It includes part of what was call…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, feldspar, family, commonly, occurring.
Dolerite
noun · 78% connection
A dark-colored, basic, igneous rock, composed essentially of pyroxene and a triclinic feldspar with magnetic iron. By many authors it…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, feldspar, family, commonly, occurring.
Epidote
noun · 78% connection
A mineral, commonly of a yellowish green (pistachio) color, occurring granular, massive, columnar, and in monoclinic crystals. It is a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, feldspar, family, commonly, occurring.
Foliation
noun · 78% connection
The property, possessed by some crystalline rocks, of dividing into plates or slabs, which is due to the cleavage structure of one of…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, feldspar, family, commonly, occurring.
