Crossword-Solution: AMAZONITE
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Amazonite | n. | Alt. of Amazon stone |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| AMAZONITE | anagram | ANATOMIZE |
We have 4 clues for the answer “AMAZONITE”
| Clue | Answers |
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| A green semiprecious stone. | 1 answer |
| Green feldspar. | 1 answer |
| green variety of microcline used as a gemstone | 1 answer |
| Green mineral. | 10 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the
discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin
covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
Hint 2 anagram
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Hint 3 another clue
eruption
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Sentences with AMAZONITE (5)
Lapis lazuli (5), sphene (5), opal (6), moonstone (6), amazonite (6), turquoise (6), peridot (6-1/2), demantoid garnet (6-1/2) (the "olivine" of the trade), and jade (nephrite) (6-1/2), are all more or less attacked by a file.
Bowenite, while tough, is relatively soft and amazonite is brittle and also easily cleavable, while glass is both soft and brittle.
Among the minerals softer than quartz, which are used as gems, we have also "_feldspar_," which gives us "_moonstone_," "_Labradorite_," and "_Amazonite_." An opalescent form of chalcedony is frequently gathered on California beaches and polished for tourists under the name of "_California Moonstone_." This name is unfortunately chosen as the material is not the same as that of true moonstone and the effect is not so pronounced or so beautiful.
The feldspar gems, such as moonstone, amazonite, and labradorite, also cleave very smoothly in certain directions.
PRECIOUS AND SEMI-PRECIOUS GEMS ARRANGED IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER CHAPTER XI AGATE-AMAZONITE AGATE “_By the rushing fringed bank Where grows the willow and the osier dank My sliding chariot stays, Thick set with agate._” MILTON.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: NYT.
Used 2 times in crossword archives (1958–1960).