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Actinolite
noun · 78% connection
A bright green variety of amphibole occurring usually in fibrous or columnar masses.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, dark, bluish, color, related.
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, dark, bluish, color, related.
Amphibolic
adjective · 78% connection
Of or pertaining to amphiboly; ambiguous; equivocal.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, dark, bluish, color, related.
Anhydrite
noun · 78% connection
A mineral of a white or a slightly bluish color, usually massive. It is anhydrous sulphate of lime, and differs from gypsum in not con…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, dark, bluish, color, related.
Anthophyllite
noun · 78% connection
A mineral of the hornblende group, of a yellowish gray or clove brown color.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, dark, bluish, color, related.
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, dark, bluish, color, related.
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, dark, bluish, color, related.
Biotite
noun · 78% connection
Mica containing iron and magnesia, generally of a black or dark green color; -- a common constituent of crystalline rocks. See Mica.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, dark, bluish, color, related.
Bond
noun · 78% connection
That which binds, ties, fastens, or confines, or by which anything is fastened or bound, as a cord, chain, etc.; a band; a ligament; a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, dark, bluish, color, related.
Boulangerite
noun · 78% connection
A mineral of a bluish gray color and metallic luster, usually in plumose masses, also compact. It is a sulphide of antimony and lead.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, dark, bluish, color, related.
Chrysolite
noun · 78% connection
A mineral, composed of silica, magnesia, and iron, of a yellow to green color. It is common in certain volcanic rocks; -- called also…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, dark, bluish, color, related.
Crystallite
noun · 78% connection
A minute mineral form like those common in glassy volcanic rocks and some slags, not having a definite crystalline outline and not ref…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, dark, bluish, color, related.
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: mineral, dark, bluish, color, related.
Edenite
noun · 78% connection
A variety of amphibole. See Amphibole.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, dark, bluish, color, related.
Feldspath
noun · 78% connection
A name given to a group of minerals, closely related in crystalline form, and all silicates of alumina with either potash, soda, lime,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, dark, bluish, color, related.
Foliation
noun · 78% connection
The process of forming into a leaf or leaves.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, dark, bluish, color, related.
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: mineral, dark, bluish, color, related.
Hauynite
noun · 78% connection
A blue isometric mineral, characteristic of some volcani/ rocks. It is a silicate of alumina, lime, and soda, with sulphate of lime.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, dark, bluish, color, related.
