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Definition of Geode
1. Noun. (mineralogy) a hollow rock or nodule with the cavity usually lined with crystals.
Definition of Geode
1. n. A nodule of stone, containing a cavity, lined with crystals or mineral matter.
Definition of Geode
1. Noun. A nodule of stone having a cavity lined with mineral or crystal matter on the inside wall ¹
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Definition of Geode
1. a type of rock [n -S]
Medical Definition of Geode
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Geode
Literary usage of Geode
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Glossary of Terms and Phrases by Henry Percy Smith (1883)
"... when it is hollow, it is a geode. An eagle-stone has an irony crust and ochreous
centre. ... geode ..."
2. Treatise on Mineralogy: Or, The Natural History of the Mineral Kingdom by Friedrich Mohs (1825)
"GROUPE AND geode OF CRYSTALS. If several loose or imbedded crystals are merely
aggregated (§. 178.), so that the one becomes the support of the other, ..."
3. Primitive Man by Louis Figuier (1876)
"The Archaeological Museum of Saint-Germain is in possession of a hollow vessel,
a natural geode, very large and very thick Fig. 62.—A geode, used sc a ..."
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