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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: variety, pyroxene, black, dark, green.
Anorthite
noun · 78% connection
A mineral of the feldspar family, commonly occurring in small glassy crystals, also a constituent of some igneous rocks. It is a lime…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: variety, pyroxene, black, dark, green.
Antonomasia
noun · 78% connection
The use of some epithet or the name of some office, dignity, or the like, instead of the proper name of the person; as when his majest…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: variety, pyroxene, black, dark, green.
Asbestos
noun · 78% connection
A variety of amphibole or of pyroxene, occurring in long and delicate fibers, or in fibrous masses or seams, usually of a white, gray,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: variety, pyroxene, black, dark, green.
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…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: variety, pyroxene, black, dark, green.
Basaltic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to basalt; formed of, or containing, basalt; as basaltic lava.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: variety, pyroxene, black, dark, green.
Basanite
noun · 78% connection
Lydian stone, or black jasper, a variety of siliceous or flinty slate, of a grayish or bluish black color. It is employed to test the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: variety, pyroxene, black, dark, green.
Basic
adjective · 78% connection
Said of crystalline rocks which contain a relatively low percentage of silica, as basalt.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: variety, pyroxene, black, dark, green.
Beryl
noun · 78% connection
A mineral of great hardness, and, when transparent, of much beauty. It occurs in hexagonal prisms, commonly of a green or bluish green…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: variety, pyroxene, black, dark, green.
Biotite
noun · 78% connection
Mica containing iron and magnesia, generally of a black or dark green color; -- a common constituent of crystalline rocks. See Mica.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: variety, pyroxene, black, dark, green.
Black
adjective · 78% connection
Destitute of light, or incapable of reflecting it; of the color of soot or coal; of the darkest or a very dark color, the opposite of…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: variety, pyroxene, black, dark, green.
Chlorophyll
noun · 78% connection
Literally, leaf green; a green granular matter formed in the cells of the leaves (and other parts exposed to light) of plants, to whic…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: variety, pyroxene, black, dark, green.
Chrysolite
noun · 78% connection
a brown or yellow-green olivine found in igneous and metamorphic rocks and used as a gemstone
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: variety, pyroxene, black, dark, green.
Coccolite
noun · 78% connection
A granular variety of pyroxene, green or white in color.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: variety, pyroxene, black, dark, green.
Dark
adjective · 78% connection
Destitute, or partially destitute, of light; not receiving, reflecting, or radiating light; wholly or partially black, or of some deep…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: variety, pyroxene, black, dark, green.
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: variety, pyroxene, black, dark, green.
Diallage
noun · 78% connection
A dark green or bronze-colored laminated variety of pyroxene, common in certain igneous rocks.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: variety, pyroxene, black, dark, green.
Diopside
noun · 78% connection
A crystallized variety of pyroxene, of a clear, grayish green color; mussite.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: variety, pyroxene, black, dark, green.
