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Definition of Dioptase
1. n. A hydrous silicate of copper, occurring in emerald-green crystals.
Definition of Dioptase
1. Noun. An intense emerald-green to bluish-green copper cyclosilicate mineral. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dioptase
1. a mineral [n -S]
Medical Definition of Dioptase
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Dioptase
Literary usage of Dioptase
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Elements of Chemical and Physical Geology by Gustav Bischof (1855)
"Silicate of copper is amorphous; dioptase is crystalline, and hence the difference
... The decomposition of dioptase, however, shows that no rock containing ..."
2. Report of the Annual Meeting (1872)
"... Esq., the well-known mineralogist, from a dealer at Vienna. The crystals on
both are minute but distinct^ and aro those of dioptase. ..."
3. The Annals of Philosophy by Richard Phillips, E W Brayley (1816)
"He gives a short account of these experiments in the Annales de Chimie and Physique
for March, just published. V. On dioptase. (To Dr. Thomson. ..."
4. Descriptive Mineralogy by William Shirley Bayley (1917)
"dioptase Crys- green color, a glassy luster and a green streak. ... Before the
blowpipe dioptase turns black and colors the flame green. ..."
5. Annals of Philosophy, Or, Magazine of Chemistry, Mineralogy, Mechanics by Thomas Thomson (1816)
"He gives a short account of these experiments in the Annales de Chimie and Physique
for March, just published. V. On dioptase. (To Dr. Thomson. ..."
6. Precious Stones by Wilbert Goodchild, Robert Dykes (1908)
"dioptase. dioptase and Malachite are of interest among gem stones on account of
... One might almost call dioptase a copper ore, and certainly Malachite is. ..."
7. Mineralogy: An Introduction to the Scientific Study of Minerals by Henry Alexander Miers (1902)
"The dioptase Class.—The crystals of this class possess an alternating axis of
hexagonal symmetry. ... 187 represents a crystal of dioptase from the ..."
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