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Argentite
noun · 78% connection
Sulphide of silver; -- also called vitreous silver, or silver glance. It has a metallic luster, a lead-gray color, and is sectile like…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: silicate, alumina, iron, magnesia, bright.
Bole
noun · 78% connection
Any one of several varieties of friable earthy clay, usually colored more or less strongly red by oxide of iron, and used to color and…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: silicate, alumina, iron, magnesia, bright.
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: silicate, alumina, iron, magnesia, bright.
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: silicate, alumina, iron, magnesia, bright.
Chlorite
noun · 78% connection
The name of a group of minerals, usually of a green color and micaceous to granular in structure. They are hydrous silicates of alumin…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: silicate, alumina, iron, magnesia, bright.
Chrysocolla
noun · 78% connection
A hydrous silicate of copper, occurring massive, of a blue or greenish blue color.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: silicate, alumina, iron, magnesia, bright.
Clay
noun · 78% connection
A soft earth, which is plastic, or may be molded with the hands, consisting of hydrous silicate of aluminium. It is the result of the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: silicate, alumina, iron, magnesia, bright.
Crocidolite
noun · 78% connection
A mineral occuring in silky fibers of a lavender blue color. It is related to hornblende and is essentially a silicate of iron and sod…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: silicate, alumina, iron, magnesia, bright.
Crotonine
noun · 78% connection
A supposed alkaloid obtained from croton oil by boiling it with water and magnesia, since found to be merely a magnesia soap of the oi…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: silicate, alumina, iron, magnesia, bright.
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: silicate, alumina, iron, magnesia, bright.
Epidote
noun · 78% connection
A mineral, commonly of a yellowish green (pistachio) color, occurring granular, massive, columnar, and in monoclinic crystals. It is a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: silicate, alumina, iron, magnesia, bright.
Eudialyte
noun · 78% connection
A mineral of a brownish red color and vitreous luster, consisting chiefly of the silicates of iron, zirconia, and lime.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: silicate, alumina, iron, magnesia, bright.
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: silicate, alumina, iron, magnesia, bright.
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: silicate, alumina, iron, magnesia, bright.
Garnet
noun · 78% connection
A mineral having many varieties differing in color and in their constituents, but with the same crystallization (isometric), and confo…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: silicate, alumina, iron, magnesia, bright.
Garnierite
noun · 78% connection
An amorphous mineral of apple-green color; a hydrous silicate of nickel and magnesia. It is an important ore of nickel.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: silicate, alumina, iron, magnesia, bright.
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: silicate, alumina, iron, magnesia, bright.
Heulandite
noun · 78% connection
A mineral of the Zeolite family, often occurring in amygdaloid, in foliated masses, and also in monoclinic crystals with pearly luster…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: silicate, alumina, iron, magnesia, bright.
