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lathlike — lathˈlike adjective • • • Main Entry: ↑lath … Useful english dictionary
lath — lathlike, adj. /lath, lahth/, n., pl. laths /ladhz, laths, lahdhz, lahths/, v. n. 1. a thin, narrow strip of wood, used with other strips to form latticework, a backing for plaster or stucco, a support for slates and other roofing materials, etc … Universalium
Vanadate minerals — ▪ Table Vanadate minerals name colour lustre Mohs hardness specific gravity carnotite bright yellow to lemon or greenish yellow dull or earthy soft 4–5 descloizite brownish red to blackish brown; various shades from orange red to black and green… … Universalium
Hydrozincite — General Category Carbonate mineral … Wikipedia
Rutherfordine — is a mineral containing almost pure uranium carbonate (UO2CO3). It was discovered in 1906 and is named after Ernest Rutherford. It is found primarily in the Morogoro Region of Tanzania in Africa. It has been reported in Zaire and the Northern… … Wikipedia
lathy — /lath ee, lah thee/, adj., lathier, lathiest. lathlike; long and thin. [1665 75; LATH + Y1] * * * … Universalium
sepiolite — /see pee euh luyt /, n. Mineral. meerschaum (def. 1). [1850 55; < G Sepiolit < Gk sépio(n) cuttlebone, pounce (deriv. of sepía SEPIA) + G lit LITE] * * * ▪ mineral also called Meerschaum (German: “sea foam”), a fibrous hydrated magnesium… … Universalium
igneous rock — Any of various crystalline or glassy, noncrystalline rocks formed by the cooling and solidification of molten earth material (magma). Igneous rocks comprise one of the three principal classes of rocks, the others being metamorphic and sedimentary … Universalium
palygorskite — ▪ mineral a fibrous magnesium aluminum silicate. The structure of palygorskite contains extended silicon oxygen sheets, justifying the retention of the mineral in the layer silicate family, but the tetrahedral SiO4 groups forming these… … Universalium
Sulfate minerals — ▪ Table Sulfate minerals name colour lustre Mohs hardness specific gravity alum colourless; white vitreous 2–2½ 1.8 alunite white; grayish, yellowish, reddish, reddish brown vitreous 3½–4 2.6–2.9 alunogen white; yellowish or reddish vitreous to… … Universalium
