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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: whitish, granular, rock, consisting, feldspar.
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: whitish, granular, rock, consisting, feldspar.
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: whitish, granular, rock, consisting, feldspar.
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: whitish, granular, rock, consisting, feldspar.
Chalcedony
noun · 78% connection
A cryptocrystalline, translucent variety of quartz, having usually a whitish color, and a luster nearly like wax.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: whitish, granular, rock, consisting, feldspar.
Chondritic
adjective · 78% connection
Granular; pertaining to, or having the granular structure characteristic of, the class of meteorites called chondrites.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: whitish, granular, rock, consisting, feldspar.
Chondro-
unknown · 78% connection
A combining form meaning a grain, granular, granular cartilage, cartilaginous; as, the chondrocranium, the cartilaginous skull of the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: whitish, granular, rock, consisting, feldspar.
Crystal
noun · 78% connection
The material of quartz, in crystallization transparent or nearly so, and either colorless or slightly tinged with gray, or the like; -…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: whitish, granular, rock, consisting, feldspar.
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: whitish, granular, rock, consisting, feldspar.
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: whitish, granular, rock, consisting, feldspar.
Eclogite
noun · 78% connection
A rock consisting of granular red garnet, light green smaragdite, and common hornblende; -- so called in reference to its beauty.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: whitish, granular, rock, consisting, feldspar.
Edelweiss
noun · 78% connection
alpine perennial plant native to Europe having leaves covered with whitish down and small flower heads held in stars of glistening whi…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: whitish, granular, rock, consisting, feldspar.
Element
noun · 78% connection
One of the ultimate parts which are variously combined in anything; as, letters are the elements of written language; hence, also, a s…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: whitish, granular, rock, consisting, feldspar.
Felsite
noun · 78% connection
A finegrained rock, flintlike in fracture, consisting essentially of orthoclase feldspar with occasional grains of quartz.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: whitish, granular, rock, consisting, feldspar.
Gabbro
noun · 78% connection
A name originally given by the Italians to a kind of serpentine, later to the rock called euphotide, and now generally used for a coar…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: whitish, granular, rock, consisting, feldspar.
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: whitish, granular, rock, consisting, feldspar.
Granite
noun · 78% connection
A crystalline, granular rock, consisting of quartz, feldspar, and mica, and usually of a whitish, grayish, or flesh-red color. It diff…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: whitish, granular, rock, consisting, feldspar.
Granuliform
adjective · 78% connection
Having a granular structure; granular; as, granuliform limestone.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: whitish, granular, rock, consisting, feldspar.