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(historical) A gem engraved with the word Abrasax or Abraxas.
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(soil science) A kind of grey loamy sand.
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(geology) deposits of mixed oxides and hydroxides of iron formed when iron-bearing groundwater emerges onto the surface
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(mining, archaic, UK, dialect, Cornwall) wolfram, an ore of tungsten.
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Synonym of dimension stone
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(strictly) Electrophorus electricus, a species of fish resembling an eel (though not related) that is capable of generating powerful electric shocks.
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A fusible eutectic alloy of bismuth, indium, and tin.
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Synonym of Flintstonian
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A piece of laboratory apparatus consisting of a flat piece of wire gauze placed on a tripod to give a beaker or flask additional support or to distribute heat more evenly
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Synonym of rubegoldbergian
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(geology) decomposed rock, usually reddish or ferruginous (owing to oxidized pyrites), forming the upper part of a metallic vein
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Alternative form of gossan [(geology) decomposed rock, usually reddish or ferruginous (owing to oxidized pyrites), forming the upper part of a metallic vein]
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(uncountable) A type of gray volcanic rock, typically containing feldspar and iron
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A transparent form of calcite, used to demonstrate the polarisation of light.
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Synonym of lapillus (“lava fragment”)
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Synonym of lithographic limestone
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Synonym of lithographic limestone
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Stone-like in texture, appearance or other characteristic.
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(geology) A type of soil; an earthy mixture of sand, silt and clay, with organic matter to which its fertility is chiefly due.
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(uncountable, RuneScape, Minecraft) Clipping of obsidian. [(mineralogy) A type of naturally occurring black glass produced by volcanoes.]
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A hardpan, typically in a podzol
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(textiles, Eastern Europe) Pertaining to a modification of viscose fibers in which the cellulose is copolymerized.
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(chemistry, mining, geology, artisanship) Metastable glass of volcanic or dyke origin.
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Synonym of chanca piedra
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Alternative spelling of stony-iron [(of a meteorite) Having approximately equal parts iron and silicates.]
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(physics) A phase of matter in which superfluidity and an amorphous (glassy) structure are present at the same time
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Alternative form of watch glass [(chemistry) An item of glass laboratory equipment consisting of a simple, slightly concave circle of glass. It is a general utility item, used to hold small samples, to evaporate liquids, to cover a beaker, and so on.]
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