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Asbestos

A variety of amphibole or of pyroxene, occurring in long and delicate fibers, or in fibrous masses or seams, usually of a white, gray, or green-gray color. The name is also given to a similar variety of serpentine.

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Amphibole 76% connected

A common mineral embracing many varieties varying in color and in composition. It occurs in monoclinic crystals; also massive, generally with fibrous…

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Tremolite 76% connected

A white variety of amphibole, or hornblende, occurring in long, bladelike crystals, and coarsely fibrous masses.

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Bravais lattice noun · 78% connection

a 3-dimensional geometric arrangement of the atoms or molecules or ions composing a crystal

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Complex noun · 78% connection

a compound described in terms of the central atom to which other atoms are bound or coordinated

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Coordination compound noun · 78% connection

a compound described in terms of the central atom to which other atoms are bound or coordinated

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Crystal lattice noun · 78% connection

a 3-dimensional geometric arrangement of the atoms or molecules or ions composing a crystal

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Ligand noun · 78% connection

a substance (an atom or molecule or radical or ion) that forms a complex around a central atom

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Organometallic compound noun · 78% connection

a compound containing an alkyl or aryl radical bonded to a metal.; "Tetracarbonyl nickel, and ferrocene are examples of organometallic…

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Oxidation number noun · 78% connection

the degree of oxidation of an atom or ion or molecule; for simple atoms or ions the oxidation number is equal to the ionic charge; "th…

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Oxidation state noun · 78% connection

the degree of oxidation of an atom or ion or molecule; for simple atoms or ions the oxidation number is equal to the ionic charge; "th…

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Space lattice noun · 78% connection

a 3-dimensional geometric arrangement of the atoms or molecules or ions composing a crystal

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Actinolite noun · 78% connection

A bright green variety of amphibole occurring usually in fibrous or columnar masses.

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Ambergris noun · 78% connection

A substance of the consistence of wax, found floating in the Indian Ocean and other parts of the tropics, and also as a morbid secreti…

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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…

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Babingtonite noun · 78% connection

A mineral occurring in triclinic crystals approaching pyroxene in angle, and of a greenish black color. It is a silicate of iron, mang…

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Brucite noun · 78% connection

A white, pearly mineral, occurring thin and foliated, like talc, and also fibrous; a native magnesium hydrate.

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Calk verb · 78% connection

To drive tarred oakum into the seams between the planks of (a ship, boat, etc.), to prevent leaking. The calking is completed by smear…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: variety, amphibole, pyroxene, occurring, long.
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Coccolite noun · 78% connection

A granular variety of pyroxene, green or white in color.

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Delicate adjective · 78% connection

Refined; gentle; scrupulous not to trespass or offend; considerate; -- said of manners, conduct, or feelings; as, delicate behavior; d…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: variety, amphibole, pyroxene, occurring, long.
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Diaspore noun · 78% connection

A hydrate of alumina, often occurring in white lamellar masses with brilliant pearly luster; -- so named on account of its decrepitati…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: variety, amphibole, pyroxene, occurring, long.
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Edenite noun · 78% connection

A variety of amphibole. See Amphibole.

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Enstatite noun · 78% connection

A mineral of the pyroxene group, orthorhombic in crystallization; often fibrous and massive; color grayish white or greenish. It is a…

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Fibrous adjective · 78% connection

Containing, or consisting of, fibers; as, the fibrous coat of the cocoanut; the fibrous roots of grasses.

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Funiculus noun · 78% connection

A cord, baud, or bundle of fibers; esp., one of the small bundles of fibers, of which large nerves are made up; applied also to differ…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: variety, amphibole, pyroxene, occurring, long.
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Gray superl. · 78% connection

Gray-haired; gray-headed; of a gray color; hoary.

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Hair-salt noun · 78% connection

A variety of native Epsom salt occurring in silky fibers.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: variety, amphibole, pyroxene, occurring, long.
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Halotrichite noun · 78% connection

An iron alum occurring in silky fibrous aggregates of a yellowish white color.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: variety, amphibole, pyroxene, occurring, long.
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Hornblende noun · 78% connection

The common black, or dark green or brown, variety of amphibole. (See Amphibole.) It belongs to the aluminous division of the species,…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: variety, amphibole, pyroxene, occurring, long.
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Hydromagnesite noun · 78% connection

A hydrous carbonate of magnesia occurring in white, early, amorphous masses.

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