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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: mineral, pyroxene, group, orthorhombic, crystallization.
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, pyroxene, group, orthorhombic, crystallization.
Asbestos
noun · 78% connection
A variety of amphibole or of pyroxene, occurring in long and delicate fibers, or in fibrous masses or seams, usually of a white, gray,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, pyroxene, group, orthorhombic, crystallization.
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: mineral, pyroxene, group, orthorhombic, crystallization.
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, pyroxene, group, orthorhombic, crystallization.
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, pyroxene, group, orthorhombic, crystallization.
Boltonite
noun · 78% connection
A granular mineral of a grayish or yellowish color, found in Bolton, Massachusetts. It is a silicate of magnesium, belonging to the ch…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, pyroxene, group, orthorhombic, crystallization.
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, pyroxene, group, orthorhombic, crystallization.
Celestite
noun · 78% connection
Native strontium sulphate, a mineral so named from its occasional delicate blue color. It occurs crystallized, also in compact massive…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, pyroxene, group, orthorhombic, crystallization.
Cerite
noun · 78% connection
A mineral of a brownish of cherry-red color, commonly massive. It is a hydrous silicate of cerium and allied metals.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, pyroxene, group, orthorhombic, crystallization.
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, pyroxene, group, orthorhombic, crystallization.
Chrysocolla
noun · 78% connection
A hydrous silicate of copper, occurring massive, of a blue or greenish blue color.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, pyroxene, group, orthorhombic, crystallization.
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, pyroxene, group, orthorhombic, crystallization.
Diopside
noun · 78% connection
A crystallized variety of pyroxene, of a clear, grayish green color; mussite.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, pyroxene, group, orthorhombic, crystallization.
Edingtonite
noun · 78% connection
A grayish white zeolitic mineral, in tetragonal crystals. It is a hydrous silicate of alumina and baryta.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, pyroxene, group, orthorhombic, crystallization.
Enargite
noun · 78% connection
An iron-black mineral of metallic luster, occurring in small orthorhombic crystals, also massive. It contains sulphur, arsenic, copper…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, pyroxene, group, orthorhombic, crystallization.
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, pyroxene, group, orthorhombic, crystallization.
Fayalite
noun · 78% connection
A black, greenish, or brownish mineral of the chrysolite group. It is a silicate of iron.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, pyroxene, group, orthorhombic, crystallization.