- mineral purple
- noun
1. : a dark red pigment consisting of iron oxide2. : purple of cassius
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
Mineral and Lapidary Museum — The Mineral and Lapidary Museum of Henderson County is a volunteer run museum in Hendersonville, North Carolina founded in 1997.[1][2][3][4] Located in Western North Carolina astride the geologically rich Blue Ridge Mountains, the decade old the… … Wikipedia
Han Purple and Han Blue — Infobox Color|title=Han Purple|textcolor=white hex=5218FA r= 82|g= 24|b=250 c= |m= |y= |k= h= 260|s= 97|v= 47 source= [http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.spacedaily.com/images/microscopic han purple sm.jpg… … Wikipedia
Han purple and Han blue — (also called Chinese purple and Chinese blue) are synthetic barium copper silicate pigments that were developed in China at least 2,000 years ago. Han purple and Han blue were used in ancient and imperial China from the Western Zhou period (1207… … Wikipedia
chameleon mineral — Potassium Po*tas si*um, n. [NL. See {Potassa}, {Potash}.] (Chem.) An Alkali element, occurring abundantly but always combined, as in the chloride, sulphate, carbonate, or silicate, in the minerals sylvite, kainite, orthoclase, muscovite, etc.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Chameleon mineral — Chameleon Cha*me le*on (k[.a]*m[=e] l[ e]*[u^]n), n. [L. Chamaeleon, Gr. chamaile wn, lit., ground lion; chamai on the ground + le wn lion. See {Humble}, and {Lion}.] (Zo[ o]l.) 1. A lizardlike reptile of the genus {Cham[ae]leo}, of several… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
rickardite — ▪ mineral copper telluride mineral with the formula Cu7Te5, the purple red masses of which resemble tarnished bornite. It was discovered at Vulcan, Colo., where it is accompanied by weissite, another copper telluride (Cu2−XTe). For chemical … Universalium
ruby spinel — Mineral. a deep red, transparent variety of spinel, used as a gem. Also called spinel ruby. [1830 40] * * * ▪ mineral natural or synthetic gem quality spinel (q.v.; magnesium aluminum oxide) that resembles ruby. The two natural gems are… … Universalium
Fluorite — General Category Halide mineral Chemical formula CaF2 … Wikipedia
Ruby — This article is about the mineral. For other uses, see Ruby (disambiguation). Ruby Natural ruby crystals from Winza, Tanzania General Category … Wikipedia
Amethyst — Infobox mineral name = Amethyst category = Mineral variety boxwidth = boxbgcolor = imagesize = caption = formula = Silica (silicon dioxide, SiO2) molweight = color = violet habit = 6 sided prism ending in 6 sided pyramid (typical) system =… … Wikipedia