Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An occasional prefix with mineralogical names, used to indicate the presence of magnesium.
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Indicator minerals useful in diamond exploration are pyrope garnet, picro - ilmenite, chrome-diopside, chromite, spinel and micro diamond.
American Chronicle 2008
fbharjo commented on the word picro
a bitter, cutting root
July 18, 2010