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Albite
noun · 78% connection
A mineral of the feldspar family, triclinic in crystallization, and in composition a silicate of alumina and soda. It is a common cons…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: basic, dark-colored, holocrystalline, igneous, rock.
Andesine
noun · 78% connection
A kind of triclinic feldspar found in the Andes.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: basic, dark-colored, holocrystalline, igneous, rock.
Andesite
noun · 78% connection
An eruptive rock allied to trachyte, consisting essentially of a triclinic feldspar, with pyroxene, hornblende, or hypersthene.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: basic, dark-colored, holocrystalline, igneous, rock.
Anorthite
noun · 78% connection
A mineral of the feldspar family, commonly occurring in small glassy crystals, also a constituent of some igneous rocks. It is a lime…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: basic, dark-colored, holocrystalline, igneous, rock.
Aphanite
noun · 78% connection
A very compact, dark-colored /ock, consisting of hornblende, or pyroxene, and feldspar, but neither of them in perceptible grains.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: basic, dark-colored, holocrystalline, igneous, rock.
Armature
noun · 78% connection
A piece of soft iron used to connect the two poles of a magnet, or electro-magnet, in order to complete the circuit, or to receive and…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: basic, dark-colored, holocrystalline, igneous, rock.
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: basic, dark-colored, holocrystalline, igneous, rock.
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: basic, dark-colored, holocrystalline, igneous, rock.
Basalt
noun · 78% connection
A rock of igneous origin, consisting of augite and triclinic feldspar, with grains of magnetic or titanic iron, and also bottle-green…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: basic, dark-colored, holocrystalline, igneous, rock.
Biotite
noun · 78% connection
dark brown to black mica found in igneous and metamorphic rock
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: basic, dark-colored, holocrystalline, igneous, rock.
Dark
adjective · 78% connection
Destitute, or partially destitute, of light; not receiving, reflecting, or radiating light; wholly or partially black, or of some deep…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: basic, dark-colored, holocrystalline, igneous, rock.
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: basic, dark-colored, holocrystalline, igneous, rock.
Diamagnetic
noun · 78% connection
Any substance, as bismuth, glass, phosphorous, etc., which in a field of magnetic force is differently affected from the ordinary magn…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: basic, dark-colored, holocrystalline, igneous, rock.
Diamagnetism
noun · 78% connection
phenomenon exhibited by materials like copper or bismuth that become magnetized in a magnetic field with a polarity opposite to the ma…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: basic, dark-colored, holocrystalline, igneous, rock.
Diorite
noun · 78% connection
An igneous, crystalline in structure, consisting essentially of a triclinic feldspar and hornblende. It includes part of what was call…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: basic, dark-colored, holocrystalline, igneous, rock.
Dolerite
noun · 78% connection
A dark-colored, basic, igneous rock, composed essentially of pyroxene and a triclinic feldspar with magnetic iron. By many authors it…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: basic, dark-colored, holocrystalline, igneous, rock.
Electro-magnet
noun · 78% connection
A mass, usually of soft iron, but sometimes of some other magnetic metal, as nickel or cobalt, rendered temporarily magnetic by being…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: basic, dark-colored, holocrystalline, igneous, rock.
Felsite
noun · 78% connection
A finegrained rock, flintlike in fracture, consisting essentially of orthoclase feldspar with occasional grains of quartz.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: basic, dark-colored, holocrystalline, igneous, rock.