"Keilhau-Ite" is a word in ENGLISH
A mineral of a brownish black color, related to
titanite in form. It consists chiefly of silica, titanium dioxide,
lime, and yttria.
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That which supplies with air; esp. an apparatus used for charging mineral waters with gas and in making soda water.
Read the complete definitionSame as Ethiops mineral.
Read the complete definitionA bituminous mineral resembling asphaltum, found in the county of A. /bert, New Brunswick.
Read the complete definitionA mineral of the feldspar family, triclinic in crystallization, and in composition a silicate of alumina and soda. It is …
Read the complete definitionTo become, in some respects, different; to vary; to change; as, the weather alters almost daily; rocks or minerals alter …
Read the complete definitionPertaining to or containing alum, or alumina; as, aluminous minerals, aluminous solution.
Read the complete definitionA white fibrous mineral frequently found on the walls of mines and quarries, chiefly hydrous sulphate of alumina; -- also …
Read the complete definitionA common mineral embracing many varieties varying in color and in composition. It occurs in monoclinic crystals; also massive, generally …
Read the complete definitionOf or resembling the mineral amphibole.
Read the complete definitionA variety of trap or basaltic rock, containing small cavities, occupied, wholly or in part, by nodules or geodes of …
Read the complete definitionA white or flesh-red mineral, of the zeolite family, occurring in isometric crystals. By friction, it acquires a weak electricity; …
Read the complete definitionA mineral of a white or a slightly bluish color, usually massive. It is anhydrous sulphate of lime, and differs …
Read the complete definitionA mineral closely related to dolomite, but containing iron.
Read the complete definitionA mineral of the feldspar family, commonly occurring in small glassy crystals, also a constituent of some igneous rocks. It …
Read the complete definitionA mineral of the hornblende group, of a yellowish gray or clove brown color.
Read the complete definitionA hard, compact variety of mineral coal, of high luster, differing from bituminous coal in containing little or no bitumen, …
Read the complete definitionAn effervescing alkaline mineral water used as a table beverage. It is obtained from a spring in Apollinarisburg, near Bonn.
Read the complete definitionA mineral relating to the zeolites, usually occurring in square prisms or octahedrons with pearly luster on the cleavage surface. …
Read the complete definitionA mineral identical in composition with calcite or carbonate of lime, but differing from it in its crystalline form and …
Read the complete definitionThe state of being arborescent; the resemblance to a tree in minerals, or crystallizations, or groups of crystals in that …
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