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• one of the coiled chambered fossil shells of extinct mollusks
Example sentence • The museum had a beautiful display of ammonite fossils.
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Example sentence • The carpenter used masonite for the cabinet doors.
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• a member of an Anabaptist movement in Holland noted for its simplicity of life
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Example sentence • The majority of the people who live in this neighborhood are suburbanites.
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• An intrusive igneous rock composed mostly of plagioclase and orthoclase
Example sentence • The monzonite in the quarry is used for building materials.
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• any of various usually poisonous plants of the genus Aconitum having tuberous roots and palmately lobed leaves and blue or white flowers
Example sentence • The poison derived from aconite is sometimes used in traditional medicine.
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• an explosive containing nitrate sensitized with nitroglycerin absorbed on wood pulp
Example sentence • He used dynamite to blow up the boulder blocking the road.
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• a hard nonresilient rubber formed by vulcanizing natural rubber
Example sentence • The pen was made from ebonite and had a classic look.
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• a variety of chert containing magnetite and hematite; mined as a low-grade iron ore
Example sentence • The taconite deposits in Minnesota are one of the main sources of iron ore in the United States.
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• a garnet ranging in color from yellow to brown
Example sentence • She wore a beautiful essonite necklace to the party.
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• a green mineral consisting of hydrated silicate of potassium or iron or magnesium or aluminum; found in greensand
Example sentence • The glauconite content of the soil affects its fertility.
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• a garnet ranging in color from yellow to brown
Example sentence • I bought a beautiful hessonite necklace.
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• a pink or red mineral consisting of crystalline manganese silicate; used as an ornamental stone
Example sentence • The rhodonite pendant I bought is beautifully carved.
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Example sentence • The military uses cyclonite as a primary ingredient in certain types of bombs.
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Example sentence • The bright yellow color of dawsonite makes it easy to distinguish from other minerals.
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• 12 o'clock at night; the middle of the night
Example sentence • I stayed up until midnight watching movies.
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• fine-grained homogeneous rock (such as basalt) containing minerals undetectable by the naked eye
Example sentence • Scientists found a rare aphanite rock formation in the cave.
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• a solid solution of ferric carbide or carbon in iron; cools to form pearlite or martensite
Example sentence • The steel was heated to allow for the formation of austenite .
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• a member of a religious order living in common
Example sentence • The coenobite dedicated his life to living in a monastery.
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• a grey or greenish-blue mineral consisting of aluminum silicate in crystalline form; occurs in metaphoric rock, used as a refractory
Example sentence • The cyanite gemstone is known for its beautiful blue color.
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• a mixture of cement and sand and water that is sprayed on a surface under pneumatic pressure
Example sentence • The swimming pool was constructed using gunite , which allowed for more creative designs than traditional concrete.
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• a green transparent form of the mineral spodumene used as a gemstone
Example sentence • The largest hiddenite crystal ever found weighed 13.4 kilograms.
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• a weakly magnetic black mineral found in metamorphic and plutonic rocks; an iron titanium oxide in crystalline form; a source of titanium
Example sentence • The beach sand contained traces of ilmenite .
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• a grey or greenish-blue mineral consisting of aluminum silicate in crystalline form; occurs in metaphoric rock, used as a refractory
Example sentence • Jewelers often use kyanite to create beautiful gemstone jewelry.
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• a black mineral consisting of basic manganese oxide; a source of manganese
Example sentence • The chemical formula of manganite is MnO(OH).
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• a kind of pink beryl used as a gemstone
Example sentence • She wore a beautiful morganite pendant to the party.
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• a silver-white mineral consisting of silver gold telluride; a source of gold in Australia and America
Example sentence • Miners discovered a large deposit of sylvanite in the remote mountains.
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• a hard nonresilient rubber formed by vulcanizing natural rubber
Example sentence • The jewelry was made of vulcanite , a type of hardened rubber material.
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• Any of a group of silicate minerals that are a source of rare earth metals.
Example sentence • The allanite crystals were carefully examined under a microscope.
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• A black variety of andradite.
Example sentence • The jeweler used melanite to create a stunningly dark necklace.
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