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Definition of Euclase
1. n. A brittle gem occurring in light green, transparent crystals, affording a brilliant clinodiagonal cleavage. It is a silicate of alumina and glucina.
Definition of Euclase
1. Noun. (minerology) A monoclinic beryllium aluminium hydroxide silicate mineral, a product of the decomposition of beryl in pegmatites. ¹
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Definition of Euclase
1. a mineral [n -S]
Medical Definition of Euclase
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Euclase
Literary usage of Euclase
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Precious Stones and Gems: Their History, Sources and Characteristics by Edwin William Streeter (1898)
"euclase. ,HIS mineral has occasionally been cut and polished as a gem-stone, ...
euclase is always found in crystals which exhibit perfect cleavage, ..."
2. The Edinburgh Philosophical Journal by David Brewster, Royal Society of Edinburgh, Robert Jameson, Wernerian Natural History Society (1826)
"... to his private collection some crystals of euclase, uncommonly well defined,
I have thought that their description might find room in your Journal, ..."
3. A Hand-book of Precious Stones by Meyer Daniel Rothschild (1889)
"euclase. euclase is very brittle, and therefore is rarely used as an ornamental
stone. This mineral has the hardness of 7.5; specific gravity, 3.1 ; lustre, ..."
4. Manual of Mineralogy and Lithology: Containing the Elements of the Science by James Dwight Dana (1879)
"euclase. Color pale green to white or colorless, pale blue. Lustre vitreous;
transparent. Brittle. H.=7'5. G.=3-l. ..."
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