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Definition of Iolite
1. n. A silicate of alumina, iron, and magnesia, having a bright blue color and vitreous luster; cordierite. It is remarkable for its dichroism, and is also called dichroite.
Definition of Iolite
1. Noun. (context: gemology) A name for the clear variety of cordierite. ¹
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Definition of Iolite
1. a mineral [n -S]
Medical Definition of Iolite
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Iolite
Literary usage of Iolite
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A System of Mineralogy: Descriptive Mineralogy, Comprising the Most Recent by James Dwight Dana, George Jarvis Brush (1868)
"Finite, as far as it is altered iolite, includes properly the alkaline kinds.
... iolite be included with the bases, the oxygen ratio between the bases and ..."
2. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrography from the Laboratories of the by Samuel Lewis Penfield, Louis Valentine Pirsson (1901)
"As is well known, the formula of iolite has never been satisfactorily ...
Scheerer,§ however, in 1846, in connection with analyses of iolite from ..."
3. Outline of the Geology of the Globe, and of the United States in Particular by Edward Hitchcock (1856)
"... chrysoprase, at New Fane, Vermont; iolite, at Haddam, Connecticut, and Brimfield,
Massachusetts; adularia, of various colors, in Brimfield, &c.; ..."
4. A System of Mineralogy: Descriptive Mineralogy, Comprising the Most Recent by James Dwight Dana, George Jarvis Brush (1890)
"The 0. ratio of iolite, the original of the species, is 1 : 3 : 5. Analyses : 1,
Hisinger (Afh., iv. 210); 2, 3, Trolle Wachtmeister (Ak. H. Stockh., 1827, ..."
5. Manual of Mineralogy: Including Observations on Mines, Rocks, Reduction of by James Dwight Dana (1877)
"Finite includes the alkaline varieties of altered iolite. The cleavage is often
indistinct. Color gray to grayish green. Occurs in Auvergne, in decomposed ..."
6. A System of Mineralogy: Descriptive Mineralogy, Comprising the Most Recent by James Dwight Dana, George Jarvis Brush (1868)
"Finite, as far as it is altered iolite, includes properly the alkaline kinds.
... iolite be included with the bases, the oxygen ratio between the bases and ..."
7. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrography from the Laboratories of the by Samuel Lewis Penfield, Louis Valentine Pirsson (1901)
"As is well known, the formula of iolite has never been satisfactorily ...
Scheerer,§ however, in 1846, in connection with analyses of iolite from ..."
8. Outline of the Geology of the Globe, and of the United States in Particular by Edward Hitchcock (1856)
"... chrysoprase, at New Fane, Vermont; iolite, at Haddam, Connecticut, and Brimfield,
Massachusetts; adularia, of various colors, in Brimfield, &c.; ..."
9. A System of Mineralogy: Descriptive Mineralogy, Comprising the Most Recent by James Dwight Dana, George Jarvis Brush (1890)
"The 0. ratio of iolite, the original of the species, is 1 : 3 : 5. Analyses : 1,
Hisinger (Afh., iv. 210); 2, 3, Trolle Wachtmeister (Ak. H. Stockh., 1827, ..."
10. Manual of Mineralogy: Including Observations on Mines, Rocks, Reduction of by James Dwight Dana (1877)
"Finite includes the alkaline varieties of altered iolite. The cleavage is often
indistinct. Color gray to grayish green. Occurs in Auvergne, in decomposed ..."
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