VividLex

Home / Thesaurus / epidote

Thesaurus: epidote

A mineral, commonly of a yellowish green (pistachio) color, occurring granular, massive, columnar, and in monoclinic crystals. It is a silicate of alumina, lime, and oxide of iron, or manganese.

Full dictionary entry Search Lens associations

Related headwords

limedefinitionmanganesedefinitionaluminadefinitioncolordefinitioncolumnardefinitioncommonlydefinitioncrystalsdefinitiongranulardefinitiongreendefinitionirondefinitionmassivedefinitionmineraldefinitionmonoclinicdefinitionoccurringdefinitionoxidedefinitionpistachiodefinitionsilicatedefinitionyellowishdefinitionallanitedefinitiongroupdefinitionincludesdefinitionnotedefinitionordinarydefinitionpiedmontitedefinitionzoisitedefinitionepidoticfamilyepidermidalneighborepidermisneighbor

Definitions

  1. n. A mineral, commonly of a yellowish green (pistachio) color, occurring granular, massive, columnar, and in monoclinic crystals. It is a silicate of alumina, lime, and oxide of iron, or manganese.
  2. A mineral, commonly of a yellowish green (pistachio) color, occurring granular, massive, columnar, and in monoclinic crystals. It is a silicate of alumina, lime, and oxide of iron, or manganese. Note: The Epidote group includes ordinary epidote, zoisite or lime epidote, piedmontite or manganese epidote, allanite or serium epidote.
  3. A mineral, commonly of a yellowish green (pistachio) color,occurring granular, massive, columnar, and in monoclinic crystals. Itis a silicate of alumina, lime, and oxide of iron, or manganese.
  4. n. A mineral, commonly of a yellowish green (pistachio) color, occurring granular, massive, columnar, and in monoclinic crystals. It is a silicate of alumina, lime, and oxide of iron, or manganese.