Crossword-Solution: IOLITE
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Iolite | 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. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| IOLITE | anagram | TLEOII |
We have 9 clues for the answer “IOLITE”
| Clue | Answers |
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| A blue mineral. | 1 answer |
| Blue or violet mineral. | 1 answer |
| Bluish crystalline mineral | 1 answer |
| Bluish mineral. | 1 answer |
| grey or violet-blue dichroic mineral | 1 answer |
| BLUE mineral | 14 answers |
| blue pigment | 14 answers |
| Mineral ___ | 41 answers |
| Gem | 62 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
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Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with IOLITE (5)
The large bluish stone which the gentleman acquired with the red stones proved to be iolite, sometimes called cordierite or water-sapphire (_Saphir d'eau_), a stone seldom seen in this country.
Etym: [See Dichroism.] (Min.) Defn: Iolite; -- so called from its presenting two different colors when viewed in two different directions.
Etym: [Praseo- + -lite.] (Min.) Defn: A variety of altered iolite of a green color and greasy luster.
DICHROITE (d[=i]´kro-[=i]t), or IOLITE, a mineral, a silicate of magnesium, iron, and aluminium, which readily undergoes modifications and passes into hydrous silicate.
Lenette, in her morning glow, was like the (so-called) Moss of Violet Stone--the Iolite--which gives out the perfume of a miniature-bed of violets, if you but rub it till it gets a little warm.
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Appears in: NYT.
Used 4 times in crossword archives (1957–1981).