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Agalmatolite
noun · 78% connection
A soft, compact stone, of a grayish, greenish, or yellowish color, carved into images by the Chinese, and hence called figure stone, a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: siliceous, stone, variety, quartz, closely.
Agate
noun · 78% connection
A semipellucid, uncrystallized variety of quartz, presenting various tints in the same specimen. Its colors are delicately arranged in…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: siliceous, stone, variety, quartz, closely.
Amethyst
unknown · 78% connection
A variety of crystallized quartz, of a purple or bluish violet color, of different shades. It is much used as a jeweler's stone.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: siliceous, stone, variety, quartz, closely.
Amygdaloid
noun · 78% connection
A variety of trap or basaltic rock, containing small cavities, occupied, wholly or in part, by nodules or geodes of different minerals…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: siliceous, stone, variety, quartz, closely.
Argentine
noun · 78% connection
A siliceous variety of calcite, or carbonate of lime, having a silvery-white, pearly luster, and a waving or curved lamellar structure.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: siliceous, stone, variety, quartz, closely.
Aventurine
noun · 78% connection
A variety of translucent quartz, spangled throughout with scales of yellow mica.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: siliceous, stone, variety, quartz, closely.
Basanite
noun · 78% connection
Lydian stone, or black jasper, a variety of siliceous or flinty slate, of a grayish or bluish black color. It is employed to test the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: siliceous, stone, variety, quartz, closely.
Bloodstone
noun · 78% connection
A green siliceous stone sprinkled with red jasper, as if with blood; hence the name; -- called also heliotrope.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: siliceous, stone, variety, quartz, closely.
Cacholong
noun · 78% connection
An opaque or milk-white chalcedony, a variety of quartz; also, a similar variety of opal.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: siliceous, stone, variety, quartz, closely.
Cairngormstone
unknown · 78% connection
A yellow or smoky brown variety of rock crystal, or crystallized quartz, found esp, in the mountain of Cairngorm, in Scotland.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: siliceous, stone, variety, quartz, closely.
Calyon
noun · 78% connection
Flint or pebble stone, used in building walls, etc.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: siliceous, stone, variety, quartz, closely.
Cat's-eye
noun · 78% connection
A variety of quartz or chalcedony, exhibiting opalescent reflections from within, like the eye of a cat. The name is given to other ge…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: siliceous, stone, variety, quartz, closely.
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: siliceous, stone, variety, quartz, closely.
Cherty
adjective · 78% connection
Like chert; containing chert; flinty.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: siliceous, stone, variety, quartz, closely.
Citrine
noun · 78% connection
A yellow, pellucid variety of quartz.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: siliceous, stone, variety, quartz, closely.
Conglomerate
noun · 78% connection
A rock, composed or rounded fragments of stone cemented together by another mineral substance, either calcareous, siliceous, or argill…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: siliceous, stone, variety, quartz, closely.
Crisp
noun · 78% connection
That which is crisp or brittle; the state of being crisp or brittle; as, burned to a crisp; specifically, the rind of roasted pork; cr…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: siliceous, stone, variety, quartz, closely.
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: siliceous, stone, variety, quartz, closely.
