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Asbestos
noun · 78% connection
A variety of amphibole or of pyroxene, occurring in long and delicate fibers, or in fibrous masses or seams, usually of a white, gray,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: variety, pyroxene, olive-green, color, passing.
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: variety, pyroxene, olive-green, color, passing.
Beryl
noun · 78% connection
A mineral of great hardness, and, when transparent, of much beauty. It occurs in hexagonal prisms, commonly of a green or bluish green…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: variety, pyroxene, olive-green, color, passing.
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: variety, pyroxene, olive-green, color, passing.
Brass
noun · 78% connection
An alloy (usually yellow) of copper and zinc, in variable proportion, but often containing two parts of copper to one part of zinc. It…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: variety, pyroxene, olive-green, color, passing.
Byssolite
noun · 78% connection
An olive-green fibrous variety of hornblende.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: variety, pyroxene, olive-green, color, passing.
Cadmium
noun · 78% connection
A comparatively rare element related to zinc, and occurring in some zinc ores. It is a white metal, both ductile and malleable. Symbol…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: variety, pyroxene, olive-green, color, passing.
Chlorophyll
noun · 78% connection
Literally, leaf green; a green granular matter formed in the cells of the leaves (and other parts exposed to light) of plants, to whic…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: variety, pyroxene, olive-green, color, passing.
Coccolite
noun · 78% connection
A granular variety of pyroxene, green or white in color.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: variety, pyroxene, olive-green, color, passing.
Cologne earth
unknown · 78% connection
An earth of a deep brown color, containing more vegetable than mineral matter; an earthy variety of lignite, or brown coal.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: variety, pyroxene, olive-green, color, passing.
Diallage
noun · 78% connection
A dark green or bronze-colored laminated variety of pyroxene, common in certain igneous rocks.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: variety, pyroxene, olive-green, color, passing.
Diopside
noun · 78% connection
A crystallized variety of pyroxene, of a clear, grayish green color; mussite.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: variety, pyroxene, olive-green, color, passing.
Dun
adjective · 78% connection
Of a dark color; of a color partaking of a brown and black; of a dull brown color; swarthy.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: variety, pyroxene, olive-green, color, passing.
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: variety, pyroxene, olive-green, color, passing.
Glaucous
adjective · 78% connection
Of a sea-green color; of a dull green passing into grayish blue.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: variety, pyroxene, olive-green, color, passing.
Greenfinch
noun · 78% connection
A European finch (Ligurinus chloris); -- called also green bird, green linnet, green grosbeak, green olf, greeny, and peasweep.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: variety, pyroxene, olive-green, color, passing.
Libethenite
noun · 78% connection
A mineral of an olive-green color, commonly in orthorhombic crystals. It is a hydrous phosphate of copper.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: variety, pyroxene, olive-green, color, passing.
Limonite
noun · 78% connection
Hydrous sesquioxide of iron, an important ore of iron, occurring in stalactitic, mammillary, or earthy forms, of a dark brown color, a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: variety, pyroxene, olive-green, color, passing.
