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Definition of Spinels
1. spinel [n] - See also: spinel
Lexicographical Neighbors of Spinels
Literary usage of Spinels
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Data of Geochemistry by Frank Wigglesworth Clarke (1908)
"Magnesium, manganese, aluminum, and titanium are common impurities, rutile,
ilmenite, hematite, and the spinels being frequent admixtures in magnetite. ..."
2. Gems by Helen Barlett Bridgman (1916)
"It is said that all red spinels have a tinge of yellow reflected from the ...
spinels of a light shade of rose inclining to violet are referred to as balas ..."
3. A Hand-book of Precious Stones by Meyer Daniel Rothschild (1889)
"spinels are found in clay and in the sands of rivers, in East India, ... Very fine
specimens of ruby spinels of one carat and larger are quite rare and ..."
4. Microscopical Physiography of the Rock-making Minerals: An Aid to the by Harry Rosenbusch (1889)
"All the spinels which occur as rock constituents crystallize in simple forms,
O (111), ... Certain spinels, as hercynite, only occur in irregular grains; ..."
5. Microscopical Physiography of the Rock-making Minerals: An Aid to the by Harry Rosenbusch (1888)
"All the spinels which occur as rock constituents crystallize in simple forms,
O (111), ... Certain spinels, as hercynite, only occur in irregular grains; ..."
6. Rocks and Rock Minerals: A Manual of the Elements of Petrology Without the by Louis Valentine Pirsson (1913)
"spinels. Magnetite may be regarded as the type of a group of minerals known as
... Depending on their composition the spinels have various colors, black, ..."
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