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noun
- (mineralogy) A mineral, barium sulphate (BaSO4?).
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noun singular
- (mineralogy) Another name for barite.
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noun - (mineralogy) any of several impure clay minerals consisting mostly of montmorillonite
| | bloom |
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noun
- A blossom; the flower of a plant; an expanded bud.
- Flowers, collectively.
- (uncountable) The opening of flowers in general; the state of blossoming or of having the flowers open.
- The cherry trees are in bloom.
- A state or time of beauty, freshness, and vigor/vigour; an opening to higher perfection, analogous to that of buds into blossoms.
- the bloom of youth
- The delicate, powdery coating upon certain growing or newly-gathered fruits or leaves, as on grapes, plums, etc.
- Anything giving an appearance of attractive freshness.
- The clouded appearance which varnish sometimes takes upon the surface of a picture.
- A yellowish deposit or powdery coating which appears on well-tanned leather. (Knight.)
- (mineralogy) A popular term for a bright-hued variety of some minerals.
- the rose-red cobalt bloom
- A white area of cocoa butter that forms on the surface of chocolate when warmed and cooled.
| | book |
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noun
- A collection of sheets of paper bound together to hinge at one edge, containing printed or written material, pictures, etc. If initially blank, commonly referred to as a notebook.
- A record of betting (from the use of a notebook to record what each person has bet).
- I'm running a on who is going to win the race.
- A convenient collection, in a form resembling a book, of small paper items for individual use.
- a of stamps
- a of raffle tickets
- A major division of a published work, larger than a chapter, commonly an academic publication or the Bible.
- The script of a musical.
- (usually, in plural) Records of the accounts of a business.
- A long document stored (as data) that is or will become a book; an e-book.
- (context, law) A colloquial reference to a book award, a recognition for receiving the highest grade in a class (traditionally an actual book, but recently more likely a letter or certificate acknowledging the achievement).
- (context, poker slang) four of a kind
verb
- (transitive) To reserve (something) for future use
- I want to a hotel room for tomorrow night
- I can tickets for the concert next week
- (transitive) To penalise (someone) for an offence.
- The police booked him for driving too fast
- (context, intransitive, slang) To travel very fast.
- He was really booking, until he passed the speed trap.
- (transitive) To write down.
- They booked that message from the hill
- (context, transitive, law) To receive the highest grade in a class.
- The top three students had a bet on which one was going to their intellectual property class.
| | bytownite |
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noun (plural: bytownites)
- (mineralogy) A plagioclase feldspar, the fifth member of the Albite-Anorthite solid solution series. Bytownite is rare, and normally occurs in small grains in lime-rich igneous rocks. Clear pale yellow crystals have come from Mexico and Oregon.
- Chemical composition: Calcium sodium aluminum silicate, <math>Ca_xNa_xAlSi_3O_8</math>
- Physical properties:
Moh's Hardness: 6.0
Specific gravity: 2.74
Color: White, pale yellow, shades of gray
Luster: glassy
Fracture: conchoidal
Cleavage: two good at about 94º to each other
- Habit: Triclinic - pinacoidal. Crystals are rare.
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