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Actinolite
noun · 78% connection
A bright green variety of amphibole occurring usually in fibrous or columnar masses.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hydrous, chloride, calcium, magnesium, occurring.
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: hydrous, chloride, calcium, magnesium, occurring.
Apatite
noun · 78% connection
Native phosphate of lime, occurring usually in six-sided prisms, color often pale green, transparent or translucent.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hydrous, chloride, calcium, magnesium, occurring.
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: hydrous, chloride, calcium, magnesium, occurring.
Bitter spar
unknown · 78% connection
A common name of dolomite; -- so called because it contains magnesia, the soluble salts of which are bitter. See Dolomite.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hydrous, chloride, calcium, magnesium, occurring.
Bittern
noun · 78% connection
A wading bird of the genus Botaurus, allied to the herons, of various species.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hydrous, chloride, calcium, magnesium, occurring.
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: hydrous, chloride, calcium, magnesium, occurring.
Boracite
noun · 78% connection
A mineral of a white or gray color occurring massive and in isometric crystals; in composition it is a magnesium borate with magnesium…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hydrous, chloride, calcium, magnesium, occurring.
Calcigenous
adjective · 78% connection
Tending to form, or to become, a calx or earthlike substance on being oxidized or burnt; as magnesium, calcium. etc.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hydrous, chloride, calcium, magnesium, occurring.
Calomel
noun · 78% connection
Mild chloride of mercury, Hg2Cl2, a heavy, white or yellowish white substance, insoluble and tasteless, much used in medicine as a mer…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hydrous, chloride, calcium, magnesium, occurring.
Carnallite
noun · 78% connection
A hydrous chloride of potassium and magnesium, sometimes found associated with deposits of rock salt.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hydrous, chloride, calcium, magnesium, occurring.
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: hydrous, chloride, calcium, magnesium, occurring.
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: hydrous, chloride, calcium, magnesium, occurring.
Fluorescein
noun · 78% connection
A yellowish red, crystalline substance, C20H12O5, produced by heating together phthalic anhydride and resorcin; -- so called, from the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hydrous, chloride, calcium, magnesium, occurring.
Goethite
noun · 78% connection
A hydrous oxide of iron, occurring in prismatic crystals, also massive, with a fibrous, reniform, or stalactitic structure. The color…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hydrous, chloride, calcium, magnesium, occurring.
Hardness
noun · 78% connection
The quality or state of being hard, literally or figuratively.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hydrous, chloride, calcium, magnesium, occurring.
Heulandite
noun · 78% connection
A mineral of the Zeolite family, often occurring in amygdaloid, in foliated masses, and also in monoclinic crystals with pearly luster…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hydrous, chloride, calcium, magnesium, occurring.
Hornblende
noun · 78% connection
The common black, or dark green or brown, variety of amphibole. (See Amphibole.) It belongs to the aluminous division of the species,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hydrous, chloride, calcium, magnesium, occurring.