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| fossilize |
to make into a fossil by replacing organic matter with mineral substances. [1/3 definitions] |
| fracture |
the appearance of the surface of a mineral when it breaks, or the manner in which a mineral breaks. [1/7 definitions] |
| galena |
a grayish mineral consisting mainly of lead sulfide and constituting the chief ore of lead. |
| gypsum |
a mineral, hydrated calcium sulfate, that resembles chalk and is used to make plaster of Paris, plaster and wallboard, and fertilizers. |
| halite |
a mineral composed of sodium chloride; rock salt. |
| hard |
of water, containing a lot of mineral deposits. [1/11 definitions] |
| hardness |
the relative extent to which something, esp. a mineral, is hard. [1/2 definitions] |
| hematite |
a steel-gray or darkish red mineral that is the main form of iron ore, iron oxide. |
| hot spring |
a natural, usu. mineral spring having water warmer than body temperature. |
| hydroxyapatite |
a calcium mineral that is an important component of bone and dental enamel in humans and other animals. |
| isinglass |
a mineral compound containing silica that can be separated into thin, often transparent layers; mica. [1/2 definitions] |
| -ite1 |
rock; mineral; fossil. [1/4 definitions] |
| jacinth |
a reddish orange zircon or similar mineral, used as a gemstone. [1/2 definitions] |
| jargon2 |
a yellow, green, colorless, or smoky type of the mineral zircon that is valued as a gem. |
| kidney stone |
an abnormal mass of hard mineral deposits that forms in the kidney. |
| leach |
of a mineral, to be extracted or dissolved by a percolating liquid. [1/9 definitions] |
| -lite |
stone, mineral, or fossil. |
| lithotomy |
surgery to remove mineral deposits from the bladder. |
| lode |
a deposit of a mineral, such as copper ore, that fills a crack in a rock formation. [1/3 definitions] |
| luster |
the degree to which a substance, esp. a mineral, reflects light. [1/5 definitions] |
| manganite |
a gray or black mineral form of manganese oxide that is an important ore of manganese. [1/2 definitions] |
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