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1. åkermanite, n. View full entry 1890
...A mineral of the melilite group, occurring typically as blocky prisms in siliceous limestone and dolomite rocks and in blast-furnace slags....
2. bustamite, n. View full entry 1830
...A manganese-containing mineral, typically occurring as pink to reddish-brown prisms....
3. cavolinite, n. View full entry 1826
...A variety of nephelite, found on Vesuvius, characterized by a silky lustre....
4. chathamite, n. View full entry 1844
...A variety of smaltite containing much nickel....
5. clintonite, n.1 View full entry 1831
...A variety (or a synonym) of seybertite...
6. colemanite, n. View full entry 1884
...A mineral found in California, akin to Priceite: see quot. 1884....
7. cookeite, n. View full entry 1866
...A variety of lithium mica, in colour white to yellowish green, occurring in minute scales, and in slender six-sided prisms....
8. cosalite, n. View full entry 1868
...A native sulphide of lead and bismuth....
9. damourite, n. View full entry 1846
...A hydrous potash mica, with pearly lustre, occurring in small yellowish scales....
10. danaite, n. View full entry 1833
...A variety of arsenopyrite or mispickel, containing cobalt....
11. danalite, n. View full entry 1866
...A silicate of iron, glucinum, etc. with sulphide of zinc, occurring in reddish octahedrons in granite....
12. danburite, n. View full entry 1839
...A boro-silicate of lime, brittle, translucent, and of a yellowish or whitish colour....
13. dannemorite, n. View full entry 1857
...A variety of hornblende....
14. daubreite, n. View full entry 1876
...A native oxy-chloride of bismuth....
15. dawsonite, n. View full entry 1875
...A hydrous carbonate of aluminium and sodium, in white transparent or translucent crystals....
16. dechenite, n. View full entry 1851
...A vanadate of lead and zinc, occurring in red or reddish-yellow masses....
17. dickinsonite, n. View full entry 1878
...A hydrous phosphate of manganese, calcium, and sodium, usually micaceous in structure and green in colour....
18. dufrenoysite, n. View full entry 1848
...An arsenical sulphuret of lead, occurring in highly modified prisms, of grey colour and metallic lustre....
19. dumortierite, n. View full entry 1881
...A silicate of alumina, occurring in minute crystals in gneiss, and showing unusual dichroism....
20. durangite, n. View full entry 1869
...A fluo-arsenate of aluminium and sodium, in orange-red crystals....
