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Diorite , diorite •Hamite, samite •marmite • Semite • Vegemite •eremite • Hashemite • Fatimite •chromite • Edomite • sodomite •stalagmite • Elamite • dolomite… Silicate , silicate
silicates The most important and abundant group of rock-forming minerals, which can be classified according to the structural arrangement of… Hygroscopic Nucleus , hygroscopic nucleus Microscopic particle (e.g. of sulphur dioxide, salt, dust, or smoke) in the free air, on which water vapour may condense to form… Deimatic Behaviour , deimatic behaviour Intimidating behaviour in animals which serves to warn off potential predators. It may be bluff (e.g. the inflation of the lungs i… hydraulic boundary , hydraulic boundary Within a groundwater system, the interface between regions of different hydraulic characteristics such as porosity, storativity (s… Hypersthene , hypersthene A member of the orthorhombic pyroxenes with approximately equal amounts of Fe and Mg in its composition MgFeSi2O6, it is a mineral occurr…
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