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Amethyst
unknown · 78% connection
A variety of crystallized quartz, of a purple or bluish violet color, of different shades. It is much used as a jeweler's stone.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, occurring, rhombic, prisms, generally.
Andalusite
noun · 78% connection
A silicate of aluminium, occurring usually in thick rhombic prisms, nearly square, of a grayish or pale reddish tint. It was first dis…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, occurring, rhombic, prisms, generally.
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: mineral, occurring, rhombic, prisms, generally.
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: mineral, occurring, rhombic, prisms, generally.
Argillite
noun · 78% connection
Argillaceous schist or slate; clay slate. Its colors is bluish or blackish gray, sometimes greenish gray, brownish red, etc.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, occurring, rhombic, prisms, generally.
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, occurring, rhombic, prisms, generally.
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, occurring, rhombic, prisms, generally.
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, occurring, rhombic, prisms, generally.
Cerussite
noun · 78% connection
Native lead carbonate; a mineral occurring in colorless, white, or yellowish transparent crystals, with an adamantine, also massive an…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, occurring, rhombic, prisms, generally.
Civet
noun · 78% connection
A substance, of the consistence of butter or honey, taken from glands in the anal pouch of the civet (Viverra civetta). It is of clear…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, occurring, rhombic, prisms, generally.
Colorless
adjective · 78% connection
Free from any manifestation of partial or peculiar sentiment or feeling; not disclosing likes, dislikes, prejudice, etc.; as, colorles…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, occurring, rhombic, prisms, generally.
Cronstedtite
noun · 78% connection
A mineral consisting principally of silicate of iron, and crystallizing in hexagonal prisms with perfect basal cleavage; -- so named f…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, occurring, rhombic, prisms, generally.
Elaterite
noun · 78% connection
A mineral resin, of a blackish brown color, occurring in soft, flexible masses; -- called also mineral caoutchouc, and elastic bitumen.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, occurring, rhombic, prisms, generally.
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: mineral, occurring, rhombic, prisms, generally.
Ferruginous
adjective · 78% connection
Resembling iron rust in appearance or color; brownish red, or yellowish red.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, occurring, rhombic, prisms, generally.
Freckle
verb · 78% connection
A small yellowish or brownish spot in the skin, particularly on the face, neck, or hands.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, occurring, rhombic, prisms, generally.
Gieseckite
noun · 78% connection
A mineral occurring in greenish gray six-sided prisms, having a greasy luster. It is probably a pseudomorph after elaeolite.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, occurring, rhombic, prisms, generally.
Hubner
noun · 78% connection
A mineral of brownish black color, occurring in columnar or foliated masses. It is native manganese tungstate.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, occurring, rhombic, prisms, generally.
