The Imperial Dictionary of the English Language: A Complete Encyclopedic Lexicon, Literary, Scientific, and Technological, Volumen3Blackie & son; New-York, The Century Company, 1883 |
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... mineral , so called from its whiteness , found among volcanic products in Italy , especially at Vesuvius , disseminated through the lavas in crystals or in irregular masses . silicate of alumina and potassium . Leucitic ( lu - sit'ik ) ...
... mineral , so called from its whiteness , found among volcanic products in Italy , especially at Vesuvius , disseminated through the lavas in crystals or in irregular masses . silicate of alumina and potassium . Leucitic ( lu - sit'ik ) ...
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... mineral occurring in oblique rhombic prisms , of an apple - green colour , occasionally speckled . Ligusticum ( li - gus'ti - kum ) , n . [ So named because of some of the species growing in Liguria . ] A genus of large herbaceous per ...
... mineral occurring in oblique rhombic prisms , of an apple - green colour , occasionally speckled . Ligusticum ( li - gus'ti - kum ) , n . [ So named because of some of the species growing in Liguria . ] A genus of large herbaceous per ...
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... mineral . a hard , compact mineral , found in irregular veins in the volcanic district of Limburg , a province of the Netherlands . It appears to be a decomposed variety of chrysolite . Limb - mealt ( lim'mel ) , a . [ A. Sax . limma ...
... mineral . a hard , compact mineral , found in irregular veins in the volcanic district of Limburg , a province of the Netherlands . It appears to be a decomposed variety of chrysolite . Limb - mealt ( lim'mel ) , a . [ A. Sax . limma ...
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... mineral . ] ( LigO . ) 1. The only known oxide of the metal lithium , which was at first found in a mineral called petalite . It is of a white colour , very soluble in water , acrid , caustic , and acts on colours like other alkalies ...
... mineral . ] ( LigO . ) 1. The only known oxide of the metal lithium , which was at first found in a mineral called petalite . It is of a white colour , very soluble in water , acrid , caustic , and acts on colours like other alkalies ...
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... mineral structure of rocks . - 2 . In med . a treatise on stones found in the body . Lithomancy ( lith'o - man - si ) , n . [ Gr . lithos , a stone , and manteia , divination . ] Divination or prediction of events by means of stones ...
... mineral structure of rocks . - 2 . In med . a treatise on stones found in the body . Lithomancy ( lith'o - man - si ) , n . [ Gr . lithos , a stone , and manteia , divination . ] Divination or prediction of events by means of stones ...
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