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-ite
unknown · 78% connection
A suffix used in naming minerals; as, chlorite, from its characteristic green color; barite, from its heaviness; graphite, from its us…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: opaque, compact, variety, barite, heavy.
Agalmatolite
noun · 78% connection
A soft, compact stone, of a grayish, greenish, or yellowish color, carved into images by the Chinese, and hence called figure stone, a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: opaque, compact, variety, barite, heavy.
Alabaster
noun · 78% connection
A compact variety or sulphate of lime, or gypsum, of fine texture, and usually white and translucent, but sometimes yellow, red, or gr…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: opaque, compact, variety, barite, heavy.
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: opaque, compact, variety, barite, heavy.
Ba
noun · 78% connection
a soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group; found in barite
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: opaque, compact, variety, barite, heavy.
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: opaque, compact, variety, barite, heavy.
Barium
noun · 78% connection
a soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group; found in barite
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: opaque, compact, variety, barite, heavy.
Barytes
noun · 78% connection
Barium sulphate, generally called heavy spar or barite. See Barite.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: opaque, compact, variety, barite, heavy.
Bowenite
noun · 78% connection
A hard, compact variety of serpentine found in Rhode Island. It is of a light green color and resembles jade.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: opaque, compact, variety, barite, heavy.
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: opaque, compact, variety, barite, heavy.
Calcite
noun · 78% connection
Calcium carbonate, or carbonate of lime. It is rhombohedral in its crystallization, and thus distinguished from aragonite. It includes…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: opaque, compact, variety, barite, heavy.
Carbonado
noun · 78% connection
A black variety of diamond, found in Brazil, and used for diamond drills. It occurs in irregular or rounded fragments, rarely distinct…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: opaque, compact, variety, barite, heavy.
Chlorophane
noun · 78% connection
A variety of fluor spar, which, when heated, gives a beautiful emerald green light.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: opaque, compact, variety, barite, heavy.
Clayey
adjective · 78% connection
(used of soil) compact and fine-grained; "the clayey soil was heavy and easily saturated"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: opaque, compact, variety, barite, heavy.
Cloggy
adjective · 78% connection
(used of soil) compact and fine-grained; "the clayey soil was heavy and easily saturated"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: opaque, compact, variety, barite, heavy.
Compaction
noun · 78% connection
The act of making compact, or the state of being compact.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: opaque, compact, variety, barite, heavy.
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: opaque, compact, variety, barite, heavy.
Dense
adjective · 78% connection
Having the constituent parts massed or crowded together; close; compact; thick; containing much matter in a small space; heavy; opaque…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: opaque, compact, variety, barite, heavy.
