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Activating agent
noun · 78% connection
(mineral extraction) a surface-active chemical used in flotation process to increase the attraction to a specific mineral
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: variety, mineral, called, petalite, elba.
Amphibole
noun · 78% connection
a mineral or mineral variety belonging to the amphibole group
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: variety, mineral, called, petalite, elba.
Anthracite
noun · 78% connection
A hard, compact variety of mineral coal, of high luster, differing from bituminous coal in containing little or no bitumen, in consequ…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: variety, mineral, called, petalite, elba.
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, mineral, called, petalite, elba.
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: variety, mineral, called, petalite, elba.
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, mineral, called, petalite, elba.
Breccia
noun · 78% connection
A rock composed of angular fragments either of the same mineral or of different minerals, etc., united by a cement, and commonly prese…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: variety, mineral, called, petalite, elba.
Cacholong
noun · 78% connection
An opaque or milk-white chalcedony, a variety of quartz; also, a similar variety of opal.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: variety, mineral, called, petalite, elba.
Cerin
noun · 78% connection
A variety of the mineral allanite.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: variety, mineral, called, petalite, elba.
Cologne earth
unknown · 78% connection
An earth of a deep brown color, containing more vegetable than mineral matter; an earthy variety of lignite, or brown coal.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: variety, mineral, called, petalite, elba.
Columbium
noun · 78% connection
A rare element of the vanadium group, first found in a variety of the mineral columbite occurring in Connecticut, probably at Haddam.…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: variety, mineral, called, petalite, elba.
Condurrite
noun · 78% connection
A variety of the mineral domeykite, or copper arsenide, from the Condurra mine in Cornwall, England.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: variety, mineral, called, petalite, elba.
Corundum
noun · 78% connection
The earth alumina, as found native in a crystalline state, including sapphire, which is the fine blue variety; the oriental ruby, or r…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: variety, mineral, called, petalite, elba.
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: variety, mineral, called, petalite, elba.
Dendrite
noun · 78% connection
A stone or mineral on or in which are branching figures resembling shrubs or trees, produced by a foreign mineral, usually an oxide of…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: variety, mineral, called, petalite, elba.
Dextrose
noun · 78% connection
A sirupy, or white crystalline, variety of sugar, C6H12O6 (so called from turning the plane of polarization to the right), occurring i…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: variety, mineral, called, petalite, elba.
Elaterite
noun · 78% connection
A mineral resin, of a blackish brown color, occurring in soft, flexible masses; -- called also mineral caoutchouc, and elastic bitumen.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: variety, mineral, called, petalite, elba.
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…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: variety, mineral, called, petalite, elba.
