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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: rare, mineral, resinous, luster, high.
Apatite
noun · 78% connection
a common complex mineral consisting of calcium fluoride phosphate or calcium chloride phosphate; a source of phosphorus
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: rare, mineral, resinous, luster, high.
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: rare, mineral, resinous, luster, high.
Asphaltum
noun · 78% connection
Mineral pitch, Jews' pitch, or compact native bitumen. It is brittle, of a black or brown color and high luster on a surface of fractu…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: rare, mineral, resinous, luster, high.
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: rare, mineral, resinous, luster, high.
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: rare, mineral, resinous, luster, high.
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: rare, mineral, resinous, luster, high.
Columbite
noun · 78% connection
A mineral of a black color, submetallic luster, and high specific specific gravity. It is a niobate (or columbate) of iron and mangane…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: rare, mineral, resinous, luster, high.
Crocoite
noun · 78% connection
a rare lead chromite mineral that forms bright orange crystals
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: rare, mineral, resinous, luster, high.
Danalite
noun · 78% connection
A mineral occuring in octahedral crystals, also massive, of a reddish color. It is a silicate of iron, zinc manganese, and glucinum, c…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: rare, mineral, resinous, luster, high.
Erbium
noun · 78% connection
A rare metallic element associated with several other rare elements in the mineral gadolinite from Ytterby in Sweden. Symbol Er. Atomi…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: rare, mineral, resinous, luster, high.
Fluorite
noun · 78% connection
Calcium fluoride, a mineral of many different colors, white, yellow, purple, green, red, etc., often very beautiful, crystallizing com…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: rare, mineral, resinous, luster, high.
Glucinum
noun · 78% connection
A rare metallic element, of a silver white color, and low specific gravity (2.1), resembling magnesium. It never occurs naturally in t…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: rare, mineral, resinous, luster, high.
Heavy metal
noun · 78% connection
a metal of relatively high density (specific gravity greater than about 5) or of high relative atomic weight (especially one that is p…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: rare, mineral, resinous, luster, high.
High
adjective · 78% connection
greater than normal in quantity or amount; "a high temperature"; "a high price"; "the high point of his career"; "high risks"; "has hi…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: rare, mineral, resinous, luster, high.
Iridium
noun · 78% connection
A rare metallic element, of the same group as platinum, which it much resembles, being silver-white, but harder, and brittle, and indi…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: rare, mineral, resinous, luster, high.
La
noun · 78% connection
a white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily; occurs in rare earth minerals and is usually classified as a rare earth
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: rare, mineral, resinous, luster, high.
Lac
noun · 78% connection
A resinous substance produced mainly on the banyan tree, but to some extent on other trees, by the Coccus lacca, a scale-shaped insect…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: rare, mineral, resinous, luster, high.
