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-tre
noun · 78% connection
The point of intersection of a vertical line through the center of gravity of the fluid displaced by a floating body which is tipped t…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, consisting, like, quartz, silica.
Activating agent
noun · 78% connection
(mineral extraction) a surface-active chemical used in flotation process to increase the attraction to a specific mineral
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, consisting, like, quartz, silica.
Adamant
noun · 78% connection
A stone imagined by some to be of impenetrable hardness; a name given to the diamond and other substances of extreme hardness; but in…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, consisting, like, quartz, silica.
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, like, quartz, silica.
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: mineral, consisting, like, quartz, silica.
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: mineral, consisting, like, quartz, silica.
Chert
noun · 78% connection
variety of silica containing microcrystalline quartz
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, consisting, like, quartz, silica.
Chrysolite
noun · 78% connection
A mineral, composed of silica, magnesia, and iron, of a yellow to green color. It is common in certain volcanic rocks; -- called also…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, consisting, like, quartz, silica.
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: mineral, consisting, like, quartz, silica.
Crystal
noun · 78% connection
The material of quartz, in crystallization transparent or nearly so, and either colorless or slightly tinged with gray, or the like; -…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, consisting, like, quartz, silica.
Demureness
noun · 78% connection
The state of being demure; gravity; the show of gravity or modesty.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, consisting, like, quartz, silica.
Dendrite
noun · 78% connection
A stone or mineral on or in which are branching figures resembling shrubs or trees, produced by a foreign mineral, usually an oxide of…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, consisting, like, quartz, silica.
Durometer
noun · 78% connection
An instrument for measuring the degree of hardness; especially, an instrument for testing the relative hardness of steel rails and the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, consisting, like, quartz, silica.
Garnet
noun · 78% connection
A mineral having many varieties differing in color and in their constituents, but with the same crystallization (isometric), and confo…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, consisting, like, quartz, silica.
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: mineral, consisting, like, quartz, silica.
Hardness
noun · 78% connection
a quality of water that contains dissolved mineral salts that prevent soap from lathering; "the costs of reducing hardness depend on t…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, consisting, like, quartz, silica.
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: mineral, consisting, like, quartz, silica.
Helvite
noun · 78% connection
A mineral of a yellowish color, consisting chiefly of silica, glucina, manganese, and iron, with a little sulphur.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, consisting, like, quartz, silica.
