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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: granular, variety, pyroxene, green, white.
Asbestos
noun · 78% connection
A variety of amphibole or of pyroxene, occurring in long and delicate fibers, or in fibrous masses or seams, usually of a white, gray,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: granular, variety, pyroxene, green, white.
Augite
noun · 78% connection
A variety of pyroxene, usually of a black or dark green color, occurring in igneous rocks, such as basalt; -- also used instead of the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: granular, variety, pyroxene, green, white.
Babingtonite
noun · 78% connection
A mineral occurring in triclinic crystals approaching pyroxene in angle, and of a greenish black color. It is a silicate of iron, mang…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: granular, variety, pyroxene, green, white.
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: granular, variety, pyroxene, green, white.
Bronzite
noun · 78% connection
A variety of enstatite, often having a bronzelike luster. It is a silicate of magnesia and iron, of the pyroxene family.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: granular, variety, pyroxene, green, white.
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: granular, variety, pyroxene, green, white.
Chlorophyll
noun · 78% connection
Literally, leaf green; a green granular matter formed in the cells of the leaves (and other parts exposed to light) of plants, to whic…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: granular, variety, pyroxene, green, white.
Chondritic
adjective · 78% connection
Granular; pertaining to, or having the granular structure characteristic of, the class of meteorites called chondrites.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: granular, variety, pyroxene, green, white.
Chondro-
unknown · 78% connection
A combining form meaning a grain, granular, granular cartilage, cartilaginous; as, the chondrocranium, the cartilaginous skull of the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: granular, variety, pyroxene, green, white.
Colophonite
noun · 78% connection
A coarsely granular variety of garnet.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: granular, variety, pyroxene, green, white.
Diallage
noun · 78% connection
A dark green or bronze-colored laminated variety of pyroxene, common in certain igneous rocks.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: granular, variety, pyroxene, green, white.
Diopside
noun · 78% connection
A crystallized variety of pyroxene, of a clear, grayish green color; mussite.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: granular, variety, pyroxene, green, white.
Dolomite
noun · 78% connection
A mineral consisting of the carbonate of lime and magnesia in varying proportions. It occurs in distinct crystals, and in extensive be…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: granular, variety, pyroxene, green, white.
Eclogite
noun · 78% connection
A rock consisting of granular red garnet, light green smaragdite, and common hornblende; -- so called in reference to its beauty.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: granular, variety, pyroxene, green, white.
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: granular, variety, pyroxene, green, white.
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: granular, variety, pyroxene, green, white.
Fassaite
noun · 78% connection
A variety of pyroxene, from the valley of Fassa, in the Tyrol.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: granular, variety, pyroxene, green, white.
