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Albolith
noun · 78% connection
A kind of plastic cement, or artificial stone, consisting chiefly of magnesia and silica; -- called also albolite.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, composed, silica, magnesia, iron.
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: mineral, composed, silica, magnesia, iron.
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: mineral, composed, silica, magnesia, iron.
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: mineral, composed, silica, magnesia, iron.
Bole
noun · 78% connection
Any one of several varieties of friable earthy clay, usually colored more or less strongly red by oxide of iron, and used to color and…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, composed, silica, magnesia, iron.
Cabrerite
noun · 78% connection
An apple-green mineral, a hydrous arseniate of nickel, cobalt, and magnesia; -- so named from the Sierra Cabrera, Spain.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, composed, silica, magnesia, iron.
Cancrinite
noun · 78% connection
A mineral occurring in hexagonal crystals, also massive, generally of a yellow color, containing silica, alumina, lime, soda, and carb…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, composed, silica, magnesia, iron.
Chlorite
noun · 78% connection
The name of a group of minerals, usually of a green color and micaceous to granular in structure. They are hydrous silicates of alumin…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, composed, silica, magnesia, iron.
Chondrodite
noun · 78% connection
A fluosilicate of magnesia and iron, yellow to red in color, often occurring in granular form in a crystalline limestone.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, composed, silica, magnesia, iron.
Clay
noun · 78% connection
A soft earth, which is plastic, or may be molded with the hands, consisting of hydrous silicate of aluminium. It is the result of the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, composed, silica, magnesia, iron.
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: mineral, composed, silica, magnesia, iron.
Crocus
noun · 78% connection
A deep yellow powder; the oxide of some metal calcined to a red or deep yellow color; esp., the oxide of iron (Crocus of Mars or colco…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, composed, silica, magnesia, iron.
Crotonine
noun · 78% connection
A supposed alkaloid obtained from croton oil by boiling it with water and magnesia, since found to be merely a magnesia soap of the oi…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, composed, silica, magnesia, iron.
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: mineral, composed, silica, magnesia, iron.
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: mineral, composed, silica, magnesia, iron.
Garnierite
noun · 78% connection
An amorphous mineral of apple-green color; a hydrous silicate of nickel and magnesia. It is an important ore of nickel.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, composed, silica, magnesia, iron.
Greenfinch
noun · 78% connection
A European finch (Ligurinus chloris); -- called also green bird, green linnet, green grosbeak, green olf, greeny, and peasweep.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, composed, silica, magnesia, iron.
Helvite
noun · 78% connection
A mineral of a yellowish color, consisting chiefly of silica, glucina, manganese, and iron, with a little sulphur.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, composed, silica, magnesia, iron.
