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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: black, submetallic, mineral, consisting, oxide.
Bichromate
noun · 78% connection
A salt containing two parts of chromic acid to one of the other ingredients; as, potassium bichromate; -- called also dichromate.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: black, submetallic, mineral, consisting, oxide.
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: black, submetallic, mineral, consisting, oxide.
Chromic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or obtained from, chromium; -- said of the compounds of chromium in which it has its higher valence.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: black, submetallic, mineral, consisting, oxide.
Chromous
adjective · 78% connection
Of, pertaining to, or derived from, chromium, when this element has a valence lower than that in chromic compounds.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: black, submetallic, mineral, consisting, oxide.
Columbite
noun · 78% connection
A mineral of a black color, submetallic luster, and high specific specific gravity. It is a niobate (or columbate) of iron and mangane…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: black, submetallic, mineral, consisting, oxide.
Crocidolite
noun · 78% connection
A mineral occuring in silky fibers of a lavender blue color. It is related to hornblende and is essentially a silicate of iron and sod…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: black, submetallic, mineral, consisting, oxide.
Crocus
noun · 78% connection
A genus of iridaceous plants, with pretty blossoms rising separately from the bulb or corm. C. vernus is one of the earliest of spring…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: black, submetallic, mineral, consisting, oxide.
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: black, submetallic, mineral, consisting, oxide.
Dichromate
noun · 78% connection
A salt of chromic acid containing two equivalents of the acid radical to one of the base; -- called also bichromate.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: black, submetallic, mineral, consisting, oxide.
Epidote
noun · 78% connection
A mineral, commonly of a yellowish green (pistachio) color, occurring granular, massive, columnar, and in monoclinic crystals. It is a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: black, submetallic, mineral, consisting, oxide.
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: black, submetallic, mineral, consisting, oxide.
Goethite
noun · 78% connection
A hydrous oxide of iron, occurring in prismatic crystals, also massive, with a fibrous, reniform, or stalactitic structure. The color…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: black, submetallic, mineral, consisting, oxide.
Gothite
noun · 78% connection
Alt. of Goethite
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: black, submetallic, mineral, consisting, oxide.
Hematite
noun · 78% connection
An important ore of iron, the sesquioxide, so called because of the red color of the powder. It occurs in splendent rhombohedral cryst…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: black, submetallic, mineral, consisting, oxide.
Ilmenite
noun · 78% connection
Titanic iron. See Menaccanite.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: black, submetallic, mineral, consisting, oxide.
Iron
noun · 78% connection
The most common and most useful metallic element, being of almost universal occurrence, usually in the form of an oxide (as hematite,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: black, submetallic, mineral, consisting, oxide.
Magnetite
noun · 78% connection
An oxide of iron (Fe3O4) occurring in isometric crystals, also massive, of a black color and metallic luster. It is readily attracted…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: black, submetallic, mineral, consisting, oxide.
