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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: steel-gray, mineral, metallic, luster, commonly.
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: steel-gray, mineral, metallic, luster, commonly.
Arsenic
noun · 78% connection
One of the elements, a solid substance resembling a metal in its physical properties, but in its chemical relations ranking with the n…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: steel-gray, mineral, metallic, luster, commonly.
Berthierite
noun · 78% connection
A double sulphide of antimony and iron, of a dark steel-gray color.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: steel-gray, mineral, metallic, luster, commonly.
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: steel-gray, mineral, metallic, luster, commonly.
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: steel-gray, mineral, metallic, luster, commonly.
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: steel-gray, mineral, metallic, luster, commonly.
Calaverite
noun · 78% connection
A bronze-yellow massive mineral with metallic luster; a telluride of gold; -- first found in Calaveras County California.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: steel-gray, mineral, metallic, luster, commonly.
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: steel-gray, mineral, metallic, luster, commonly.
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: steel-gray, mineral, metallic, luster, commonly.
Domeykite
noun · 78% connection
A massive mineral of tin-white or steel-gray color, an arsenide of copper.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: steel-gray, mineral, metallic, luster, commonly.
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: steel-gray, mineral, metallic, luster, commonly.
Galena
noun · 78% connection
Lead sulphide; the principal ore of lead. It is of a bluish gray color and metallic luster, and is cubic in crystallization and cleava…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: steel-gray, mineral, metallic, luster, commonly.
Geocronite
noun · 78% connection
A lead-gray or grayish blue mineral with a metallic luster, consisting of sulphur, antimony, and lead, with a small proportion of arse…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: steel-gray, mineral, metallic, luster, commonly.
Graphite
noun · 78% connection
Native carbon in hexagonal crystals, also foliated or granular massive, of black color and metallic luster, and so soft as to leave a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: steel-gray, mineral, metallic, luster, commonly.
Iron
noun · 78% connection
The most common and most useful metallic element, being of almost universal occurrence, usually in the form of an oxide (as hematite,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: steel-gray, mineral, metallic, luster, commonly.
Kobellite
noun · 78% connection
A blackish gray mineral, a sulphide of antimony, bismuth, and lead.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: steel-gray, mineral, metallic, luster, commonly.
Lazuli
noun · 78% connection
A mineral of a fine azure-blue color, usually in small rounded masses. It is essentially a silicate of alumina, lime, and soda, with s…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: steel-gray, mineral, metallic, luster, commonly.