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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: mineral, consisting, principally, silicate, iron.
Andalusite
noun · 78% connection
A silicate of aluminium, occurring usually in thick rhombic prisms, nearly square, of a grayish or pale reddish tint. It was first dis…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, consisting, principally, silicate, iron.
Apophyllite
noun · 78% connection
A mineral relating to the zeolites, usually occurring in square prisms or octahedrons with pearly luster on the cleavage surface. It i…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, consisting, principally, silicate, iron.
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, consisting, principally, silicate, 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, consisting, principally, silicate, iron.
Bismuth
noun · 78% connection
One of the elements; a metal of a reddish white color, crystallizing in rhombohedrons. It is somewhat harder than lead, and rather bri…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, consisting, principally, silicate, iron.
Brookite
noun · 78% connection
A mineral consisting of titanic oxide, and hence identical with rutile and octahedrite in composition, but crystallizing in the orthor…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, consisting, principally, silicate, iron.
Cantharidin
noun · 78% connection
The active principle of the cantharis, or Spanish fly, a volatile, acrid, bitter solid, crystallizing in four-sided prisms.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, consisting, principally, silicate, iron.
Carbon
noun · 78% connection
An elementary substance, not metallic in its nature, which is present in all organic compounds. Atomic weight 11.97. Symbol C. it is c…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, consisting, principally, silicate, iron.
Chloropal
noun · 78% connection
A massive mineral, greenish in color, and opal-like in appearance. It is essentially a hydrous silicate of iron.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, consisting, principally, silicate, iron.
Coquimbite
noun · 78% connection
A mineral consisting principally of sulphate of iron; white copperas; -- so called because found in the province of Coquimbo, Chili.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, consisting, principally, silicate, 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, consisting, principally, silicate, iron.
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, consisting, principally, silicate, iron.
Dihexagonal
adjective · 78% connection
Consisting of two hexagonal parts united; thus, a dihexagonal pyramid is composed of two hexagonal pyramids placed base to base.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, consisting, principally, silicate, iron.
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: mineral, consisting, principally, silicate, iron.
Flint glass
unknown · 78% connection
A soft, heavy, brilliant glass, consisting essentially of a silicate of lead and potassium. It is used for tableware, and for optical…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, consisting, principally, silicate, iron.
Fluorite
noun · 78% connection
Calcium fluoride, a mineral of many different colors, white, yellow, purple, green, red, etc., often very beautiful, crystallizing com…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, consisting, principally, silicate, iron.
Foliation
noun · 78% connection
The property, possessed by some crystalline rocks, of dividing into plates or slabs, which is due to the cleavage structure of one of…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, consisting, principally, silicate, iron.
