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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: mineral, black, color, submetallic, luster.
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: mineral, black, color, submetallic, luster.
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: mineral, black, color, submetallic, luster.
Bead
noun · 78% connection
A glassy drop of molten flux, as borax or microcosmic salt, used as a solvent and color test for several mineral earths and oxides, as…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, black, color, submetallic, luster.
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: mineral, black, color, submetallic, luster.
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: mineral, black, color, submetallic, luster.
Chromite
noun · 78% connection
A black submetallic mineral consisting of oxide of chromium and iron; -- called also chromic iron.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, black, color, submetallic, luster.
Danalite
noun · 78% connection
A mineral occuring in octahedral crystals, also massive, of a reddish color. It is a silicate of iron, zinc manganese, and glucinum, c…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, black, color, submetallic, luster.
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: mineral, black, color, submetallic, luster.
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: mineral, black, color, submetallic, luster.
Fergusonite
noun · 78% connection
A mineral of a brownish black color, essentially a tantalo-niobate of yttrium, erbium, and cerium; -- so called after Robert Ferguson.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, black, color, submetallic, luster.
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: mineral, black, color, submetallic, luster.
Heavy metal
noun · 78% connection
a metal of relatively high density (specific gravity greater than about 5) or of high relative atomic weight (especially one that is p…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, black, color, submetallic, luster.
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, black, color, submetallic, luster.
High
adjective · 78% connection
greater than normal in quantity or amount; "a high temperature"; "a high price"; "the high point of his career"; "high risks"; "has hi…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, black, color, submetallic, luster.
Hubner
noun · 78% connection
A mineral of brownish black color, occurring in columnar or foliated masses. It is native manganese tungstate.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, black, color, submetallic, luster.
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: mineral, black, color, submetallic, luster.
Knebelite
noun · 78% connection
A mineral of a gray, red, brown, or green color, and glistening luster. It is a silicate of iron and manganese.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, black, color, submetallic, luster.
