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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: native, copper, sulphide, called, glance.
Argentite
noun · 78% connection
Sulphide of silver; -- also called vitreous silver, or silver glance. It has a metallic luster, a lead-gray color, and is sectile like…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: native, copper, sulphide, called, glance.
Arsenopyrite
noun · 78% connection
A mineral of a tin-white color and metallic luster, containing arsenic, sulphur, and iron; -- also called arsenical pyrites and mispic…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: native, copper, sulphide, called, glance.
Asphaltum
noun · 78% connection
Mineral pitch, Jews' pitch, or compact native bitumen. It is brittle, of a black or brown color and high luster on a surface of fractu…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: native, copper, sulphide, called, glance.
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: native, copper, sulphide, called, glance.
Blende
noun · 78% connection
A mineral, called also sphalerite, and by miners mock lead, false galena, and black-jack. It is a zinc sulphide, but often contains so…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: native, copper, sulphide, called, glance.
Bornite
noun · 78% connection
A valuable ore of copper, containing copper, iron, and sulphur; -- also called purple copper ore (or erubescite), in allusion to the c…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: native, copper, sulphide, called, glance.
Boulangerite
noun · 78% connection
A mineral of a bluish gray color and metallic luster, usually in plumose masses, also compact. It is a sulphide of antimony and lead.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: native, copper, sulphide, called, glance.
Bournonite
noun · 78% connection
A mineral of a steel-gray to black color and metallic luster, occurring crystallized, often in twin crystals shaped like cogwheels (wh…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: native, copper, sulphide, called, glance.
Cassiterite
noun · 78% connection
Native tin dioxide; tin stone; a mineral occurring in tetragonal crystals of reddish brown color, and brilliant adamantine luster; als…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: native, copper, sulphide, called, glance.
Chalcopyrite
noun · 78% connection
Copper pyrites, or yellow copper ore; a common ore of copper, containing copper, iron, and sulphur. It occurs massive and in tetragona…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: native, copper, sulphide, called, glance.
Coppery
adjective · 78% connection
Mixed with copper; containing copper, or made of copper; like copper.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: native, copper, sulphide, called, glance.
Covellite
noun · 78% connection
A native sulphide of copper, occuring in masses of a dark blue color; -- hence called indigo copper.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: native, copper, sulphide, called, glance.
Ehlite
noun · 78% connection
A mineral of a green color and pearly luster; a hydrous phosphate of copper.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: native, copper, sulphide, called, glance.
Enargite
noun · 78% connection
An iron-black mineral of metallic luster, occurring in small orthorhombic crystals, also massive. It contains sulphur, arsenic, copper…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: native, copper, sulphide, called, glance.
Eudialyte
noun · 78% connection
A mineral of a brownish red color and vitreous luster, consisting chiefly of the silicates of iron, zirconia, and lime.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: native, copper, sulphide, called, glance.
Euxenite
noun · 78% connection
A brownish black mineral with a metallic luster, found in Norway. It contains niobium, titanium, yttrium, and uranium, with some other…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: native, copper, sulphide, called, glance.
Gadolinite
noun · 78% connection
A mineral of a nearly black color and vitreous luster, and consisting principally of the silicates of yttrium, cerium, and iron.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: native, copper, sulphide, called, glance.