The garnets in the detritus are accompanied by zircon, spinel, corundum, cyanite, tourmaline, olivine, etc.
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Olivine
//ˈɑl.əˌvin//
Synonyms for "olivine" (6 found)
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Noun(2 words)
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25 translations across 24 languages.
Bashkir
1 entries- оливин noun (family of minerals forming orthorhombic crystals)
Catalan
1 entries- olivina noun (family of minerals forming orthorhombic crystals)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 橄欖石 /橄榄石 noun (family of minerals forming orthorhombic crystals)
Esperanto
1 entries- olivino noun (family of minerals forming orthorhombic crystals)
Estonian
1 entries- oliviin noun (family of minerals forming orthorhombic crystals)
Finnish
1 entries- oliviini noun (family of minerals forming orthorhombic crystals)
French
1 entries- olivine noun (family of minerals forming orthorhombic crystals)
Galician
1 entries- olivina noun (family of minerals forming orthorhombic crystals)
German
1 entries- Olivin noun (family of minerals forming orthorhombic crystals)
Greek
1 entries- ολιβίνης noun (family of minerals forming orthorhombic crystals)
Hebrew
1 entries- אוליבין noun (family of minerals forming orthorhombic crystals)
Icelandic
1 entries- ólivín noun (family of minerals forming orthorhombic crystals)
Italian
1 entries- olivina noun (family of minerals forming orthorhombic crystals)
Japanese
2 entries- カンラン石 noun (family of minerals forming orthorhombic crystals)
- 橄欖石 noun (family of minerals forming orthorhombic crystals)
Kazakh
1 entries- оливин noun (family of minerals forming orthorhombic crystals)
Korean
1 entries- 감람석 noun (family of minerals forming orthorhombic crystals)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- оливин noun (family of minerals forming orthorhombic crystals)
Navajo
1 entries- tsé dootłʼizh noun (family of minerals forming orthorhombic crystals)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- olîvîn noun (family of minerals forming orthorhombic crystals)
Portuguese
1 entries- olivina noun (family of minerals forming orthorhombic crystals)
Russian
1 entries- оливи́н noun (family of minerals forming orthorhombic crystals)
Spanish
1 entries- olivino noun (family of minerals forming orthorhombic crystals)
Tagalog
1 entries- olibino noun (family of minerals forming orthorhombic crystals)
Ukrainian
1 entries- оліві́н noun (family of minerals forming orthorhombic crystals)
Sample sentences
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The olivine crystals in most basalts are imperfect, lacking clear crystal faces.
Source: wiktionary
To do so, his team mixed together limestone with a crushed silicate mineral that contains magnesium — such as olivine, an olive-tinted mineral that can be found around the world. When heated to furiously high temperatures in a kiln, calcium in the limestone and magnesium in the silicate jiggle and switch sides, like participants in a square dance.
Source: wiktionary
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