polarite

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n. A trade-name for a sand which contains magnetic oxid of iron. It was used for filter-beds in England, but was found to be expensive.

n. mineralogy An opaque, yellow-white mineral with a metallic lustre, having the chemical formula (Pd,(Bi,Pb)).

“He reached in the desk and tossed over a pair of green polarite goggles, doubtless taken off a Vixenite casualty.”

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Minerals and Mineralogy

List of minerals, elements, group names and geochemistry terms encountered in the science of mineralogy. I've chosen to avoid capital letters in most examples, though a great many mineral names hon...

galkhaite, xanthoconite, pyrostilpnite, polybasite, pyrargyrite, djurleite, digenite, covellite, chalcocite, cerargirite, acanthite, aeschynite and 2608 more...

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