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Alunogen
noun · 78% connection
A white fibrous mineral frequently found on the walls of mines and quarries, chiefly hydrous sulphate of alumina; -- also called feath…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fibrous, mineral, occurring, tufts, straw-yellow.
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: fibrous, mineral, occurring, tufts, straw-yellow.
Apophyllite
noun · 78% connection
A mineral relating to the zeolites, usually occurring in square prisms or octahedrons with pearly luster on the cleavage surface. It i…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fibrous, mineral, occurring, tufts, straw-yellow.
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: fibrous, mineral, occurring, tufts, straw-yellow.
Brewsterite
noun · 78% connection
A rare zeolitic mineral occurring in white monoclinic crystals with pearly luster. It is a hydrous silicate of aluminia, baryta, and s…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fibrous, mineral, occurring, tufts, straw-yellow.
Cabazite
noun · 78% connection
A mineral occuring in glassy rhombohedral crystals, varying, in color from white to yellow or red. It is essentially a hydrous silicat…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fibrous, mineral, occurring, tufts, straw-yellow.
Cacoxenite
noun · 78% connection
A hydrous phosphate of iron occurring in yellow radiated tufts. The phosphorus seriously injures it as an iron ore.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fibrous, mineral, occurring, tufts, straw-yellow.
Cancrinite
noun · 78% connection
A mineral occurring in hexagonal crystals, also massive, generally of a yellow color, containing silica, alumina, lime, soda, and carb…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fibrous, mineral, occurring, tufts, straw-yellow.
Cerolite
noun · 78% connection
A hydrous silicate of magnesium, allied to serpentine, occurring in waxlike masses of a yellow or greenish color.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fibrous, mineral, occurring, tufts, straw-yellow.
Edingtonite
noun · 78% connection
A grayish white zeolitic mineral, in tetragonal crystals. It is a hydrous silicate of alumina and baryta.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fibrous, mineral, occurring, tufts, straw-yellow.
Eosphorite
noun · 78% connection
A hydrous phosphate of alumina and manganese. It is generally of a rose-pink color, -- whence the name.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fibrous, mineral, occurring, tufts, straw-yellow.
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: fibrous, mineral, occurring, tufts, straw-yellow.
Epistilbite
noun · 78% connection
A crystallized, transparent mineral of the Zeolite family. It is a hydrous silicate of alumina and lime.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fibrous, mineral, occurring, tufts, straw-yellow.
Harmotome
noun · 78% connection
A hydrous silicate of alumina and baryta, occurring usually in white cruciform crystals; cross-stone.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fibrous, mineral, occurring, tufts, straw-yellow.
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: fibrous, mineral, occurring, tufts, straw-yellow.
Laumontite
noun · 78% connection
A mineral, of a white color and vitreous luster. It is a hydrous silicate of alumina and lime. Exposed to the air, it loses water, bec…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fibrous, mineral, occurring, tufts, straw-yellow.
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: fibrous, mineral, occurring, tufts, straw-yellow.
Lazulite
noun · 78% connection
A mineral of a light indigo-blue color, occurring in small masses, or in monoclinic crystals; blue spar. It is a hydrous phosphate of…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fibrous, mineral, occurring, tufts, straw-yellow.