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Rate | Answer | Clue |
QUARTZ | Rock forming mineral | |
FELSPAR | Rock forming mineral | |
MOUNTAIN | A large mass of earth and rock, rising above the common level of the earth or adjacent land; earth and rock forming an isolated peak or a ridge; an eminence higher than a hill; a mount. | |
ORE | Rock or mineral | |
GYPSUM | A common mineral | |
OVERBURDEN | Unwanted rock that covers mineral deposits | |
LEDGE | A lode; a limited mass of rock bearing valuable mineral. | |
SKIP | An iron bucket, which slides between guides, for hoisting mineral and rock. | |
IDIOMORPHOUS | Apperaing in distinct crystals; -- said of the mineral constituents of a rock. | |
NEST | An aggregated mass of any ore or mineral, in an isolated state, within a rock. | |
OLIVINE | A common name of the yellowish green mineral chrysolite, esp. the variety found in eruptive rocks. | |
VIRIDITE | A greenish chloritic mineral common in certain igneous rocks, as diabase, as a result of alternation. | |
GREISEN | A crystalline rock consisting of quarts and mica, common in the tin regions of Cornwall and Saxony. | |
MICROCLINE | A mineral of the feldspar group, like orthoclase or common feldspar in composition, but triclinic in form. | |
EXFOLIATION | The scaling off of a bone, a rock, or a mineral, etc.; the state of being exfoliated. | |
GOSSAN | Decomposed rock, usually reddish or ferruginous (owing to oxidized pyrites), forming the upper part of a metallic vein. | |
STALACTITE | In an extended sense, any mineral or rock of similar form and origin; as, a stalactite of lava. | |
SANDSTONE | A rock made of sand more or less firmly united. Common or siliceous sandstone consists mainly of quartz sand. | |
ETHYL | A monatomic, hydrocarbon radical, C2H5 of the paraffin series, forming the essential radical of ethane, and of common alcohol and ether. | |
A cavity in a rock containing a nugget of gold, or other mineral; a small body of ore contained in such a cavity. | ||
PYRITE | A common mineral of a pale brass-yellow color and brilliant metallic luster, crystallizing in the isometric system; iron pyrites; iron disulphide. | |
ECLOGITE | A rock consisting of granular red garnet, light green smaragdite, and common hornblende; -- so called in reference to its beauty. | |
FORMATION | Mineral deposits and rock masses designated with reference to their origin; as, the siliceous formation about geysers; alluvial formations; marine formations. | |
LITHOLOGICAL | Of or pertaining to the character of a rock, as derived from the nature and mode of aggregation of its mineral contents. | |
WAX | A substance, somewhat resembling wax, found in connection with certain deposits of rock salt and coal; -- called also mineral wax, and ozocerite. |