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Amalgam
noun · 78% connection
an alloy of mercury with another metal (usually silver) used by dentists to fill cavities in teeth; except for iron and platinum all m…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sulphide, mercury, occurring, brilliant, crystals.
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: sulphide, mercury, occurring, brilliant, crystals.
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: sulphide, mercury, occurring, brilliant, crystals.
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: sulphide, mercury, occurring, brilliant, crystals.
Diaspore
noun · 78% connection
A hydrate of alumina, often occurring in white lamellar masses with brilliant pearly luster; -- so named on account of its decrepitati…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sulphide, mercury, occurring, brilliant, crystals.
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: sulphide, mercury, occurring, brilliant, crystals.
Euclase
noun · 78% connection
A brittle gem occurring in light green, transparent crystals, affording a brilliant clinodiagonal cleavage. It is a silicate of alumin…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sulphide, mercury, occurring, brilliant, crystals.
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: sulphide, mercury, occurring, brilliant, crystals.
Greenockite
noun · 78% connection
Native cadmium sulphide, a mineral occurring in yellow hexagonal crystals, also as an earthy incrustation.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sulphide, mercury, occurring, brilliant, crystals.
Halloysite
noun · 78% connection
A claylike mineral, occurring in soft, smooth, amorphous masses, of a whitish color.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sulphide, mercury, occurring, brilliant, crystals.
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: sulphide, mercury, occurring, brilliant, crystals.
Hemin
noun · 78% connection
A substance, in the form of reddish brown, microscopic, prismatic crystals, formed from dried blood by the action of strong acetic aci…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sulphide, mercury, occurring, brilliant, crystals.
Heulandite
noun · 78% connection
A mineral of the Zeolite family, often occurring in amygdaloid, in foliated masses, and also in monoclinic crystals with pearly luster…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sulphide, mercury, occurring, brilliant, crystals.
Hydromagnesite
noun · 78% connection
A hydrous carbonate of magnesia occurring in white, early, amorphous masses.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sulphide, mercury, occurring, brilliant, crystals.
Ilvaite
noun · 78% connection
A silicate of iron and lime occurring in black prismatic crystals and columnar masses.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sulphide, mercury, occurring, brilliant, crystals.
Lazuli
noun · 78% connection
A mineral of a fine azure-blue color, usually in small rounded masses. It is essentially a silicate of alumina, lime, and soda, with s…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sulphide, mercury, occurring, brilliant, crystals.
Lazulite
noun · 78% connection
A mineral of a light indigo-blue color, occurring in small masses, or in monoclinic crystals; blue spar. It is a hydrous phosphate of…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sulphide, mercury, occurring, brilliant, crystals.
Limonite
noun · 78% connection
Hydrous sesquioxide of iron, an important ore of iron, occurring in stalactitic, mammillary, or earthy forms, of a dark brown color, a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sulphide, mercury, occurring, brilliant, crystals.
