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Albite
noun · 78% connection
A mineral of the feldspar family, triclinic in crystallization, and in composition a silicate of alumina and soda. It is a common cons…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: orig, rock, composed, quartz, hornblende.
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: orig, rock, composed, quartz, hornblende.
Andesite
noun · 78% connection
An eruptive rock allied to trachyte, consisting essentially of a triclinic feldspar, with pyroxene, hornblende, or hypersthene.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: orig, rock, composed, quartz, hornblende.
Anorthite
noun · 78% connection
A mineral of the feldspar family, commonly occurring in small glassy crystals, also a constituent of some igneous rocks. It is a lime…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: orig, rock, composed, quartz, hornblende.
Aphanite
noun · 78% connection
A very compact, dark-colored /ock, consisting of hornblende, or pyroxene, and feldspar, but neither of them in perceptible grains.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: orig, rock, composed, quartz, hornblende.
Capel
noun · 78% connection
A composite stone (quartz, schorl, and hornblende) in the walls of tin and copper lodes.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: orig, rock, composed, quartz, hornblende.
Crocidolite
noun · 78% connection
A mineral occuring in silky fibers of a lavender blue color. It is related to hornblende and is essentially a silicate of iron and sod…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: orig, rock, composed, quartz, hornblende.
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: orig, rock, composed, quartz, hornblende.
Diorite
noun · 78% connection
An igneous, crystalline in structure, consisting essentially of a triclinic feldspar and hornblende. It includes part of what was call…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: orig, rock, composed, quartz, hornblende.
Dolerite
noun · 78% connection
A dark-colored, basic, igneous rock, composed essentially of pyroxene and a triclinic feldspar with magnetic iron. By many authors it…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: orig, rock, composed, quartz, hornblende.
Eclogite
noun · 78% connection
A rock consisting of granular red garnet, light green smaragdite, and common hornblende; -- so called in reference to its beauty.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: orig, rock, composed, quartz, hornblende.
Element
noun · 78% connection
One of the ultimate parts which are variously combined in anything; as, letters are the elements of written language; hence, also, a s…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: orig, rock, composed, quartz, hornblende.
Felsite
noun · 78% connection
A finegrained rock, flintlike in fracture, consisting essentially of orthoclase feldspar with occasional grains of quartz.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: orig, rock, composed, quartz, hornblende.
Gneiss
noun · 78% connection
A crystalline rock, consisting, like granite, of quartz, feldspar, and mica, but having these materials, especially the mica, arranged…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: orig, rock, composed, quartz, hornblende.
Granite
noun · 78% connection
A crystalline, granular rock, consisting of quartz, feldspar, and mica, and usually of a whitish, grayish, or flesh-red color. It diff…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: orig, rock, composed, quartz, hornblende.
Granulite
noun · 78% connection
A whitish, granular rock, consisting of feldspar and quartz intimately mixed; -- sometimes called whitestone, and leptynite.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: orig, rock, composed, quartz, hornblende.
Gtraystone
noun · 78% connection
A grayish or greenish compact rock, composed of feldspar and augite, and allied to basalt.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: orig, rock, composed, quartz, hornblende.
Hornblendic
adjective · 78% connection
Composed largely of hornblende; resembling or relating to hornblende.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: orig, rock, composed, quartz, hornblende.
