"Pearlstone" is a word in ENGLISH
A glassy volcanic rock of a grayish color and pearly
luster, often having a spherulitic concretionary structure due to the
curved cracks produced by contraction in cooling. See Illust. under
Perlitic.
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A mineral of the feldspar family, commonly occurring in small glassy crystals, also a constituent of some igneous rocks. It …
Read the complete definitionA genus of small glassy heteropod mollusks found swimming at the surface in mid ocean. See Heteropod.
Read the complete definitionA borosilicate of alumina, iron, and lime, commonly found in glassy, brown crystals with acute edges.
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Read the complete definitionMinute acicular or dendritic crystalline forms sometimes observed in glassy volcanic rocks.
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Read the complete definitionA genus of oceanic heteropod Mollusca, having a thin, glassy, bonnet-shaped shell, which covers only the nucleus and gills.
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Read the complete definitionA borosilicate of lime commonly occuring in glassy,, greenish crystals.
Read the complete definitionThe act or process of devitrifying, or the state of being devitrified. Specifically, the conversion of molten glassy matter into …
Read the complete definitionA glassy, opaque bead obtained by the blowpipe.
Read the complete definitionA genus of elegant, glassy sponges, consisting of interwoven siliceous fibers, and growing in the form of a cornucopia; -- …
Read the complete definitionA smooth, bright, glassy surface; as, a glare of ice.
Read the complete definitionAny substance having a peculiar glassy appearance, and a conchoidal fracture, and usually produced by fusion.
Read the complete definitionGlassy; glazed.
Read the complete definitionGlassy; shining like glass.
Read the complete definitionThe quality of being glassy.
Read the complete definitionA remarkable vitreous sponge, of the genus Hyalonema, first brought from Japan. It has a long stem, consisting of a …
Read the complete definitionA siliceous sponge, of the genus Hyalonema, and allied genera; -- so called from their glassy fibers or spicules; -- …
Read the complete definitionDull; wanting life or fire; lackluster; -- said of the eyes.
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