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Actinolite
noun · 78% connection
a green mineral of the amphibole group; calcium magnesium iron silicate
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 resembling the mineral amphibole.
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 dark brown mineral of the amphibole group; magnesium iron silicate
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
A writing under seal, by which a person binds himself, his heirs, executors, and administrators, to pay a certain sum on or before a f…
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 property, possessed by some crystalline rocks, of dividing into plates or slabs, which is due to the cleavage structure of one of…
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.
