1) Beautiful stone 2) Cut mineral 3) Decorative stone 4) Gemstone 5) Gemstone mineral 6) Hydrate of aluminum 7) Jewel mineral 8) Jewel 9) Mineral jewel 10) Mineral gemstone 11) Orthorhombic mineral 12) Polished mineral 13) Polished jewel 14) Precious jewel 15) Prized mineral 16) Precious gem 17) Prized stone
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Diaspore r, also known as empholite, kayserite, or tanatarite, is an aluminium oxide hydroxide mineral, α-AlO(OH), crystallizing in the orthorhombic system and isomorphous with goethite. It occurs sometimes as flattened crystals, but usually as lamellar or scaly masses, the flattened surface being a direction of perfect cleavage on which the lust...
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[botany] In botany, a diaspore is a plant dispersal unit consisting of a seed or spore plus any additional tissues that assist dispersal. In some seed plants, the diaspore is a seed and fruit together, or a seed and elaiosome. In a few seed plants, the diaspore is most or all of the plant, and is known as a tumbleweed. Diaspores are common ...
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• (n.) A hydrate of alumina, often occurring in white lamellar masses with brilliant pearly luster; -- so named on account of its decrepitating when heated before the blowpipe.
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(from the article `seed and fruit`) ...the outer integument and ovary wall are completely fused, so that seed and fruit form one entity; thus seeds and fruits can logically be described ...
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white or grayish, hard, glassy aluminum oxide mineral (HAlO2) that is associated with corundum in emery and is widespread in laterite, bauxite, and ...
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Di'a·spore noun [ From Greek ... a scattering;
dia` through, asunder + ... to sow, scatter like seed: confer French
diaspore .]
(Min.) A hydrate of alumina, often occurring in white lamellar masses with brilliant pearly luster; -- so named on account of its decrepitating when he...
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Diaspore is a mineral similar to boehite, but harder and heavier, and more suitable for use as a gemstone. It is a constituent of bauxites and a major source of aluminium. It has the formulae AlO(OH) and a relative hardness of 7.
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Aluminum hydroxide
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a mineral, aluminum oxyhydroxide, AlO(OH), occurring in crystals, or more usually in lamellar or scaly masses: a principal constituent of bauxite and an important source of aluminum. · a disseminule, esp. one that undergoes dispersal.
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