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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: mineral, consisting, sulphate, lead, occurring.
Anhydrite
noun · 78% connection
A mineral of a white or a slightly bluish color, usually massive. It is anhydrous sulphate of lime, and differs from gypsum in not con…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, consisting, sulphate, lead, occurring.
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: mineral, consisting, sulphate, lead, occurring.
Argillite
noun · 78% connection
Argillaceous schist or slate; clay slate. Its colors is bluish or blackish gray, sometimes greenish gray, brownish red, etc.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, consisting, sulphate, lead, occurring.
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: mineral, consisting, sulphate, lead, occurring.
Barite
noun · 78% connection
Native sulphate of barium, a mineral occurring in transparent, colorless, white to yellow crystals (generally tabular), also in granul…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, consisting, sulphate, lead, occurring.
Baryto-calcite
noun · 78% connection
A mineral of a white or gray color, occurring massive or crystallized. It is a compound of the carbonates of barium and calcium.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, consisting, sulphate, lead, occurring.
Boracite
noun · 78% connection
A mineral of a white or gray color occurring massive and in isometric crystals; in composition it is a magnesium borate with magnesium…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, consisting, sulphate, lead, occurring.
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: mineral, consisting, sulphate, lead, occurring.
Celestite
noun · 78% connection
Native strontium sulphate, a mineral so named from its occasional delicate blue color. It occurs crystallized, also in compact massive…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, consisting, sulphate, lead, occurring.
Ceruse
noun · 78% connection
White lead, used as a pigment. See White lead, under White.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, consisting, sulphate, lead, occurring.
Cerussite
noun · 78% connection
Native lead carbonate; a mineral occurring in colorless, white, or yellowish transparent crystals, with an adamantine, also massive an…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, consisting, sulphate, lead, occurring.
Chloropal
noun · 78% connection
A massive mineral, greenish in color, and opal-like in appearance. It is essentially a hydrous silicate of iron.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, consisting, sulphate, lead, occurring.
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: mineral, consisting, sulphate, lead, occurring.
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: mineral, consisting, sulphate, lead, occurring.
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: mineral, consisting, sulphate, lead, occurring.
Flint glass
unknown · 78% connection
A soft, heavy, brilliant glass, consisting essentially of a silicate of lead and potassium. It is used for tableware, and for optical…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, consisting, sulphate, lead, occurring.
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: mineral, consisting, sulphate, lead, occurring.