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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: iron-black, mineral, metallic, luster, occurring.
Arsenic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or derived from, arsenic; -- said of those compounds of arsenic in which this element has its highest equivalence; as,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: iron-black, mineral, metallic, luster, occurring.
Arsenopyrite
noun · 78% connection
A mineral of a tin-white color and metallic luster, containing arsenic, sulphur, and iron; -- also called arsenical pyrites and mispic…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: iron-black, mineral, metallic, luster, occurring.
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: iron-black, mineral, metallic, luster, occurring.
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: iron-black, mineral, metallic, luster, occurring.
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: iron-black, mineral, metallic, luster, occurring.
Bournonite
noun · 78% connection
A mineral of a steel-gray to black color and metallic luster, occurring crystallized, often in twin crystals shaped like cogwheels (wh…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: iron-black, mineral, metallic, luster, occurring.
Calaverite
noun · 78% connection
A bronze-yellow massive mineral with metallic luster; a telluride of gold; -- first found in Calaveras County California.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: iron-black, mineral, metallic, luster, occurring.
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: iron-black, mineral, metallic, luster, occurring.
Chalcopyrite
noun · 78% connection
Copper pyrites, or yellow copper ore; a common ore of copper, containing copper, iron, and sulphur. It occurs massive and in tetragona…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: iron-black, mineral, metallic, luster, occurring.
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: iron-black, mineral, metallic, luster, occurring.
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: iron-black, mineral, metallic, luster, occurring.
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: iron-black, mineral, metallic, luster, occurring.
Euxenite
noun · 78% connection
A brownish black mineral with a metallic luster, found in Norway. It contains niobium, titanium, yttrium, and uranium, with some other…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: iron-black, mineral, metallic, luster, occurring.
Geocronite
noun · 78% connection
A lead-gray or grayish blue mineral with a metallic luster, consisting of sulphur, antimony, and lead, with a small proportion of arse…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: iron-black, mineral, metallic, luster, occurring.
Glaucodot
noun · 78% connection
A metallic mineral having a grayish tin-white color, and containing cobalt and iron, with sulphur and arsenic.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: iron-black, mineral, metallic, luster, occurring.
Graphite
noun · 78% connection
Native carbon in hexagonal crystals, also foliated or granular massive, of black color and metallic luster, and so soft as to leave a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: iron-black, mineral, metallic, luster, occurring.
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: iron-black, mineral, metallic, luster, occurring.