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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: orthorhombic, mineral, pyroxene, group, grayish.
Asphaltum
noun · 78% connection
Mineral pitch, Jews' pitch, or compact native bitumen. It is brittle, of a black or brown color and high luster on a surface of fractu…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: orthorhombic, mineral, pyroxene, group, grayish.
Augite
noun · 78% connection
A variety of pyroxene, usually of a black or dark green color, occurring in igneous rocks, such as basalt; -- also used instead of the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: orthorhombic, mineral, pyroxene, group, grayish.
Babingtonite
noun · 78% connection
A mineral occurring in triclinic crystals approaching pyroxene in angle, and of a greenish black color. It is a silicate of iron, mang…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: orthorhombic, mineral, pyroxene, group, grayish.
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: orthorhombic, mineral, pyroxene, group, grayish.
Black
adjective · 78% connection
Destitute of light, or incapable of reflecting it; of the color of soot or coal; of the darkest or a very dark color, the opposite of…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: orthorhombic, mineral, pyroxene, group, grayish.
Blende
noun · 78% connection
A mineral, called also sphalerite, and by miners mock lead, false galena, and black-jack. It is a zinc sulphide, but often contains so…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: orthorhombic, mineral, pyroxene, group, grayish.
Bournonite
noun · 78% connection
A mineral of a steel-gray to black color and metallic luster, occurring crystallized, often in twin crystals shaped like cogwheels (wh…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: orthorhombic, mineral, pyroxene, group, grayish.
Bronzite
noun · 78% connection
A variety of enstatite, often having a bronzelike luster. It is a silicate of magnesia and iron, of the pyroxene family.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: orthorhombic, mineral, pyroxene, group, grayish.
Cassiterite
noun · 78% connection
Native tin dioxide; tin stone; a mineral occurring in tetragonal crystals of reddish brown color, and brilliant adamantine luster; als…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: orthorhombic, mineral, pyroxene, group, grayish.
Chalcocite
noun · 78% connection
Native copper sulphide, called also copper glance, and vitreous copper; a mineral of a black color and metallic luster.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: orthorhombic, mineral, pyroxene, group, grayish.
Columbite
noun · 78% connection
A mineral of a black color, submetallic luster, and high specific specific gravity. It is a niobate (or columbate) of iron and mangane…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: orthorhombic, mineral, pyroxene, group, grayish.
Diopside
noun · 78% connection
A crystallized variety of pyroxene, of a clear, grayish green color; mussite.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: orthorhombic, mineral, pyroxene, group, grayish.
Enargite
noun · 78% connection
An iron-black mineral of metallic luster, occurring in small orthorhombic crystals, also massive. It contains sulphur, arsenic, copper…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: orthorhombic, mineral, pyroxene, group, grayish.
Enstatite
noun · 78% connection
A mineral of the pyroxene group, orthorhombic in crystallization; often fibrous and massive; color grayish white or greenish. It is a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: orthorhombic, mineral, pyroxene, group, grayish.
Fayalite
noun · 78% connection
A black, greenish, or brownish mineral of the chrysolite group. It is a silicate of iron.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: orthorhombic, mineral, pyroxene, group, grayish.
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: orthorhombic, mineral, pyroxene, group, grayish.
Gadolinite
noun · 78% connection
A mineral of a nearly black color and vitreous luster, and consisting principally of the silicates of yttrium, cerium, and iron.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: orthorhombic, mineral, pyroxene, group, grayish.