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Definition of Phenacites
1. phenacite [n] - See also: phenacite
Lexicographical Neighbors of Phenacites
Literary usage of Phenacites
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Geologist by Newton Horace Winchell (1888)
"Subscription, 25c per annum. RECENT ADDITIONS TO OUR STOCK. Magnificent Calcites.
from England, Finest Lot of Prismatic phenacites ever found in Colorado, ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"... are found along with the above, as also a great variety of precious stones,
such as diamonds, sapphires, jaspers, tourmalines, beryls, phenacites, ..."
3. The School of Mines Quarterly by Columbia University School of Chemistry (1912)
"Comparatively few purchases have been made for the museum; these, however, include
several unrepresented species as well as fine Brazilian phenacites, ..."
4. The Industries of Russia by Russia Ministerstvo finansov, John Martin Crawford, World's Columbian Exposition (1893)
"Very tine topazes, beryls and phenacites are found in the southern portion of
the Urals, in the Ilmen hills. These stones are also found in the ..."
5. The School of Mines Quarterly by Columbia University School of Chemistry (1912)
"Comparatively few purchases have been made for the museum; these, however, include
several unrepresented species as well as fine Brazilian phenacites, ..."
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