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Alunogen
noun · 78% connection
A white fibrous mineral frequently found on the walls of mines and quarries, chiefly hydrous sulphate of alumina; -- also called feath…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, consisting, principally, sulphate, iron.
Anhydrite
noun · 78% connection
A mineral of a white or a slightly bluish color, usually massive. It is anhydrous sulphate of lime, and differs from gypsum in not con…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, consisting, principally, sulphate, iron.
Atramentarious
adjective · 78% connection
Like ink; suitable for making ink. Sulphate of iron (copperas, green vitriol) is called atramentarious, as being used in making ink.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, consisting, principally, sulphate, iron.
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, consisting, principally, sulphate, iron.
Bisulphate
noun · 78% connection
A sulphate in which but half the hydrogen of the acid is replaced by a positive element or radical, thus making the proportion of the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, consisting, principally, sulphate, iron.
Celestite
noun · 78% connection
a mineral consisting of strontium sulphate
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, consisting, principally, sulphate, iron.
Chili
noun · 78% connection
ground beef and chili peppers or chili powder often with tomatoes and kidney beans
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, consisting, principally, sulphate, iron.
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, consisting, principally, sulphate, iron.
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: mineral, consisting, principally, sulphate, iron.
Copperas
noun · 78% connection
Green vitriol, or sulphate of iron; a green crystalline substance, of an astringent taste, used in making ink, in dyeing black, as a t…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, consisting, principally, sulphate, iron.
Cronstedtite
noun · 78% connection
A mineral consisting principally of silicate of iron, and crystallizing in hexagonal prisms with perfect basal cleavage; -- so named f…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, consisting, principally, sulphate, iron.
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: mineral, consisting, principally, sulphate, iron.
Dover's Powder
unknown · 78% connection
A powder of ipecac and opium, compounded, in the United States, with sugar of milk, but in England (as formerly in the United States)…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, consisting, principally, sulphate, iron.
Eparchy
noun · 78% connection
A province, prefecture, or territory, under the jurisdiction of an eparch or governor; esp., in modern Greece, one of the larger subdi…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, consisting, principally, sulphate, iron.
Ferrous
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or derived from, iron; -- especially used of compounds of iron in which the iron has its lower valence; as, ferrous sul…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, consisting, principally, sulphate, iron.
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, consisting, principally, sulphate, iron.
Gypsum
noun · 78% connection
A mineral consisting of the hydrous sulphate of lime (calcium). When calcined, it forms plaster of Paris. Selenite is a transparent, c…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, consisting, principally, sulphate, iron.
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: mineral, consisting, principally, sulphate, iron.
