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Definition of Cordierites
1. cordierite [n] - See also: cordierite
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cordierites
Literary usage of Cordierites
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Elemente Der Mineralogie by Carl Friedrich Naumann (1868)
"... in den Formen des cordierites ;-sechsseitige, scheinbar hexagonale Säulen und
derb ; H.=3,5; G. = 2764, licht grün bis ..."
2. The Student's Manual of Geology by Joseph Beete Jukes (1872)
"The variation in the quantity of alkali and of water —the latter varies from a
little over 1 per cent to 8 per cent—shows that finite includes cordierites ..."
3. The Mineral Industry by Richard Pennefather Rothwell (1922)
"... zircons, cordierites, diopsides, amethyst and citrines. Especially characteristic
are gem examples, such as have not been found elsewhere, ..."
4. Hooker's Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany by Sir William Jackson Hooker (1856)
"Spruce, n. HAB. On dead bark. Panure. February, 1853. The spores of this species
attain a length of -^^ of an inch. 619. cordierites Sprucei, ns ..."
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