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Definition of Dichroites
1. dichroite [n] - See also: dichroite
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dichroites
Literary usage of Dichroites
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Narrative of Discovery and Adventure in the Polar Seas and Regions by Robert Jameson, Hugh Murray, John Leslie (1832)
"... are not wanting in le Arctic regions, as is proved by the occurrence here of
precious garnets, beryls, zircons, dichroites, nd rock-crystals. 12. ..."
2. The Student's Manual of Geology by Joseph Beete Jukes (1872)
"There are many other of those hydrated serpentine-like altered dichroites, which
differ more or less from the unaltered mineral in composition, ..."
3. The Family Library (Harper). by Child Study Association of America Book Review Committee (1843)
"... are not wanting in the Arctic regions, as is proved by the occurrence there
of precious garnets, beryls, zircons, dichroites, and rock-crystals. 12. ..."
4. Annual Report by University of Minnesota Board of Regents (1889)
"... shaded in the crystal scales, but among these minerals appear also others,
such that, colorless or only faintly colored, (many olivines, dichroites. ..."
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