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Adularia
noun · 78% connection
A transparent or translucent variety of common feldspar, or orthoclase, which often shows pearly opalescent reflections; -- called by…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: finegrained, rock, flintlike, fracture, consisting.
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: finegrained, rock, flintlike, fracture, consisting.
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: finegrained, rock, flintlike, fracture, consisting.
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: finegrained, rock, flintlike, fracture, consisting.
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: finegrained, rock, flintlike, fracture, consisting.
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: finegrained, rock, flintlike, fracture, consisting.
Bilge
noun · 78% connection
The protuberant part of a cask, which is usually in the middle.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: finegrained, rock, flintlike, fracture, consisting.
Chert
noun · 78% connection
An impure, massive, flintlike quartz or hornstone, of a dull color.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: finegrained, rock, flintlike, fracture, consisting.
Crystal
noun · 78% connection
The regular form which a substance tends to assume in solidifying, through the inherent power of cohesive attraction. It is bounded by…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: finegrained, rock, flintlike, fracture, consisting.
Diabase
noun · 78% connection
A basic, dark-colored, holocrystalline, igneous rock, consisting essentially of a triclinic feldspar and pyroxene with magnetic iron;…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: finegrained, rock, flintlike, fracture, consisting.
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: finegrained, rock, flintlike, fracture, consisting.
Ditroite
noun · 78% connection
An igneous rock composed of orthoclase, elaeolite, and sodalite.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: finegrained, rock, flintlike, fracture, consisting.
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: finegrained, rock, flintlike, fracture, consisting.
Dollar
noun · 78% connection
A silver coin of the United States containing 371.25 grains of silver and 41.25 grains of alloy, that is, having a total weight of 412…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: finegrained, rock, flintlike, fracture, consisting.
Element
noun · 78% connection
One of the simplest or essential parts or principles of which anything consists, or upon which the constitution or fundamental powers…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: finegrained, rock, flintlike, fracture, consisting.
Flint
noun · 78% connection
A massive, somewhat impure variety of quartz, in color usually of a gray to brown or nearly black, breaking with a conchoidal fracture…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: finegrained, rock, flintlike, fracture, consisting.
Fracture
noun · 78% connection
The act of breaking or snapping asunder; rupture; breach.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: finegrained, rock, flintlike, fracture, consisting.
Gneiss
noun · 78% connection
A crystalline rock, consisting, like granite, of quartz, feldspar, and mica, but having these materials, especially the mica, arranged…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: finegrained, rock, flintlike, fracture, consisting.