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Agalmatolite
noun · 78% connection
A soft, compact stone, of a grayish, greenish, or yellowish color, carved into images by the Chinese, and hence called figure stone, a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: compact, granular, cryptocrystalline, mineral, dull.
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: compact, granular, cryptocrystalline, mineral, dull.
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: compact, granular, cryptocrystalline, mineral, dull.
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: compact, granular, cryptocrystalline, mineral, dull.
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: compact, granular, cryptocrystalline, mineral, dull.
Bismuthyl
noun · 78% connection
Hydrous carbonate of bismuth, an earthy mineral of a dull white or yellowish color.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: compact, granular, cryptocrystalline, mineral, dull.
Boltonite
noun · 78% connection
A granular mineral of a grayish or yellowish color, found in Bolton, Massachusetts. It is a silicate of magnesium, belonging to the ch…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: compact, granular, cryptocrystalline, mineral, dull.
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: compact, granular, cryptocrystalline, mineral, dull.
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: compact, granular, cryptocrystalline, mineral, dull.
Cerite
noun · 78% connection
A mineral of a brownish of cherry-red color, commonly massive. It is a hydrous silicate of cerium and allied metals.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: compact, granular, cryptocrystalline, mineral, dull.
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: compact, granular, cryptocrystalline, mineral, dull.
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: compact, granular, cryptocrystalline, mineral, dull.
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: compact, granular, cryptocrystalline, mineral, dull.
Dolomite
noun · 78% connection
A mineral consisting of the carbonate of lime and magnesia in varying proportions. It occurs in distinct crystals, and in extensive be…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: compact, granular, cryptocrystalline, mineral, dull.
Dull
superl. · 78% connection
Not bright or clear to the eye; wanting in liveliness of color or luster; not vivid; obscure; dim; as, a dull fire or lamp; a dull red…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: compact, granular, cryptocrystalline, mineral, dull.
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: compact, granular, cryptocrystalline, mineral, dull.
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: compact, granular, cryptocrystalline, mineral, dull.
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: compact, granular, cryptocrystalline, mineral, dull.