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QUARTZ |
Silicate mineral |
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MICA |
Silicate mineral |
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CALAMINE |
A mineral, the hydrous silicate of zinc. |
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OKENITE |
A massive and fibrous mineral of a whitish color, chiefly
hydrous silicate of lime. |
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NONTRONITE |
A greenish yellow or green mineral, consisting chiefly
of the hydrous silicate of iron. |
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EULYTITE |
A mineral, consisting chiefly of the silicate of bismuth,
found at Freiberg; -- called also culytine. |
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FAYALITE |
A black, greenish, or brownish mineral of the chrysolite
group. It is a silicate of iron. |
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EDINGTONITE |
A grayish white zeolitic mineral, in tetragonal
crystals. It is a hydrous silicate of alumina and baryta. |
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EPISTILBITE |
A crystallized, transparent mineral of the Zeolite
family. It is a hydrous silicate of alumina and lime. |
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PIMELITE |
An apple-green mineral having a greasy feel. It is a
hydrous silicate of nickel, magnesia, aluminia, and iron. |
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CHLOROPAL |
A massive mineral, greenish in color, and opal-like in
appearance. It is essentially a hydrous silicate of iron. |
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CYANITE |
A mineral occuring in thin-bladed crystals and crystalline
aggregates, of a sky-blue color. It is a silicate of aluminium. |
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PECTOLITE |
A whitish mineral occurring in radiated or fibrous
crystalline masses. It is a hydrous silicate of lime and soda. |
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KARPHOLITE |
A fibrous mineral occurring in tufts of a straw-yellow
color. It is a hydrous silicate of alumina and manganese. |
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CERITE |
A mineral of a brownish of cherry-red color, commonly
massive. It is a hydrous silicate of cerium and allied metals. |
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GARNIERITE |
An amorphous mineral of apple-green color; a hydrous
silicate of nickel and magnesia. It is an important ore of nickel. |
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PYROPHYLLITE |
A mineral, usually of a white or greenish color and
pearly luster, consisting chiefly of the hydrous silicate of alumina. |
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KNEBELITE |
A mineral of a gray, red, brown, or green color, and
glistening luster. It is a silicate of iron and manganese. |
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LEUCOPHANE |
A mineral of a greenish yellow color; it is a silicate
of glucina, lime, and soda with fluorine. Called also leucophanite. |
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ROSCOELITE |
A green micaceous mineral occurring in minute scales.
It is essentially a silicate of aluminia and potash containing
vanadium. |
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THORITE |
A mineral of a brown to black color, or, as in the variety
orangite, orange-yellow. It is essentially a silicate of thorium. |
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SCAPOLITE |
A grayish white mineral occuring in tetragonal crystals
and in cleavable masses. It is essentially a silicate of alumina and
soda. |
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HAUYNITE |
A blue isometric mineral, characteristic of some volcani/
rocks. It is a silicate of alumina, lime, and soda, with sulphate of
lime. |
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RHODONITE |
Manganese spar, or silicate of manganese, a mineral
occuring crystallised and in rose-red masses. It is often used as an
ornamental stone. |
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BREWSTERITE |
A rare zeolitic mineral occurring in white monoclinic
crystals with pearly luster. It is a hydrous silicate of aluminia,
baryta, and strontia. |