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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, violet-blue, color, inclining, gray.
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, violet-blue, color, inclining, gray.
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, violet-blue, color, inclining, gray.
Baryto-calcite
noun · 78% connection
A mineral of a white or gray color, occurring massive or crystallized. It is a compound of the carbonates of barium and calcium.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, violet-blue, color, inclining, gray.
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: mineral, violet-blue, color, inclining, gray.
Blue
superl. · 78% connection
Having the color of the clear sky, or a hue resembling it, whether lighter or darker; as, the deep, blue sea; as blue as a sapphire; b…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, violet-blue, color, inclining, gray.
Brushite
noun · 78% connection
A white or gray crystalline mineral consisting of the acid phosphate of calcium.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, violet-blue, color, inclining, gray.
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: mineral, violet-blue, color, inclining, gray.
Cerite
noun · 78% connection
A gastropod shell belonging to the family Cerithiidae; -- so called from its hornlike form.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, violet-blue, color, inclining, gray.
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: mineral, violet-blue, color, inclining, gray.
Cudbear
noun · 78% connection
A powder of a violet red color, difficult to moisten with water, used for making violet or purple dye. It is prepared from certain spe…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, violet-blue, color, inclining, gray.
Decipium
noun · 78% connection
A supposed rare element, said to be associated with cerium, yttrium, etc., in the mineral samarskite, and more recently called samariu…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, violet-blue, color, inclining, gray.
Fergusonite
noun · 78% connection
A mineral of a brownish black color, essentially a tantalo-niobate of yttrium, erbium, and cerium; -- so called after Robert Ferguson.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, violet-blue, color, inclining, gray.
Fluocerite
noun · 78% connection
A fluoride of cerium, occuring near Fahlun in Sweden. Tynosite, from Colorado, is probably the same mineral.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, violet-blue, color, inclining, gray.
Fluor
noun · 78% connection
A fluid state.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, violet-blue, color, inclining, gray.
Fluorite
noun · 78% connection
Calcium fluoride, a mineral of many different colors, white, yellow, purple, green, red, etc., often very beautiful, crystallizing com…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, violet-blue, color, inclining, gray.
Gadolinite
noun · 78% connection
A mineral of a nearly black color and vitreous luster, and consisting principally of the silicates of yttrium, cerium, and iron.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, violet-blue, color, inclining, gray.
Gray
superl. · 78% connection
White mixed with black, as the color of pepper and salt, or of ashes, or of hair whitened by age; sometimes, a dark mixed color; as, t…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, violet-blue, color, inclining, gray.
