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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, steel-gray, iron-black, color, pyrites.
Arsenopyrite
noun · 78% connection
A mineral of a tin-white color and metallic luster, containing arsenic, sulphur, and iron; -- also called arsenical pyrites and mispic…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, steel-gray, iron-black, color, pyrites.
Berthierite
noun · 78% connection
A double sulphide of antimony and iron, of a dark steel-gray color.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, steel-gray, iron-black, color, pyrites.
Bisulphide
noun · 78% connection
A sulphide having two atoms of sulphur in the molecule; a disulphide, as in iron pyrites, FeS2; -- less frequently called bisulphuret.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, steel-gray, iron-black, color, pyrites.
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: mineral, steel-gray, iron-black, color, pyrites.
Bornite
noun · 78% connection
A valuable ore of copper, containing copper, iron, and sulphur; -- also called purple copper ore (or erubescite), in allusion to the c…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, steel-gray, iron-black, color, pyrites.
Boulangerite
noun · 78% connection
A mineral of a bluish gray color and metallic luster, usually in plumose masses, also compact. It is a sulphide of antimony and lead.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, steel-gray, iron-black, color, pyrites.
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, steel-gray, iron-black, color, pyrites.
Chalcocite
noun · 78% connection
Native copper sulphide, called also copper glance, and vitreous copper; a mineral of a black color and metallic luster.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, steel-gray, iron-black, color, pyrites.
Chalcopyrite
noun · 78% connection
Copper pyrites, or yellow copper ore; a common ore of copper, containing copper, iron, and sulphur. It occurs massive and in tetragona…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, steel-gray, iron-black, color, pyrites.
Copperas
noun · 78% connection
Green vitriol, or sulphate of iron; a green crystalline substance, of an astringent taste, used in making ink, in dyeing black, as a t…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, steel-gray, iron-black, color, pyrites.
Coppery
adjective · 78% connection
Mixed with copper; containing copper, or made of copper; like copper.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, steel-gray, iron-black, color, pyrites.
Covellite
noun · 78% connection
A native sulphide of copper, occuring in masses of a dark blue color; -- hence called indigo copper.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, steel-gray, iron-black, color, pyrites.
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, steel-gray, iron-black, color, pyrites.
Glance
noun · 78% connection
A name given to some sulphides, mostly dark-colored, which have a brilliant metallic luster, as the sulphide of copper, called copper…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, steel-gray, iron-black, color, pyrites.
Gray
superl. · 78% connection
Gray-haired; gray-headed; of a gray color; hoary.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, steel-gray, iron-black, color, pyrites.
Iron
noun · 78% connection
The most common and most useful metallic element, being of almost universal occurrence, usually in the form of an oxide (as hematite,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, steel-gray, iron-black, color, pyrites.
Jamesonite
noun · 78% connection
A steel-gray mineral, of metallic luster, commonly fibrous massive. It is a sulphide of antimony and lead, with a little iron.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, steel-gray, iron-black, color, pyrites.
