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Spinel

noun
1.
A hard glassy mineral consisting of an oxide of magnesium and aluminum; occurs in various colors that are used as gemstones.



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"Spinel" Quotes from Famous Books



... formation, with the exception of chromic iron, occur not in the serpentine but in the veins therein contained; for instance, crystals of dolomite are found deeper in the rock as they occur in the denser soapstone, which becomes so at a more or less considerable depth, with spinel, zircon, etc., of the granular limestone. They occur generally in pockets within five feat from the surface, but they can hardly be called included minerals, as they are rather, as their mention suggests, pockets, and adjacent or in contact with the ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 363, December 16, 1882 • Various


Words linked to "Spinel" :   mg, magnesium, atomic number 12, pleonaste, mineral, Ceylonite


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