drusy
Americanadjective
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As drusy crystalline crusts it has been found at Copiapo in Chile and in Arizona.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" by Various
The prevalence of crystalline, concretionary and drusy structures in dolomite can thus be simply explained.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" by Various
It occurs as small prismatic or pyramidal crystals, usually forming drusy crusts and stalactitic aggregates; also as fibrous encrusting masses with a mammillary surface.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 2 "Demijohn" to "Destructor" by Various
The quartz is generally very friable, full of drusy cavities, and broken up into innumerable small pieces that are often coloured black by the peroxide of manganese.
From The Naturalist in Nicaragua by Thomas Belt
The Glossary gives drusen, our word drusy having had this origin.
From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Georgius Agricola
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