iron glance

noun

1. another name for hematite

Example Sentences

It consisted of several heavy lumps of the ore called, by mineralogists, iron glance.

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Overcome by the calm majesty of Judy's iron glance, which pressed against her face like a spear, the housekeeper smiled scornfully and began to ascend the stairs with scornful air.

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Minerals which are heavier than zircon, such as the metallic sulphides and iron glance, are unsuitable for gem stones, since they are nearly opaque, but they follow the same law, and possess a refractive power still greater than that of zircon or even diamond.

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Mitscherlich on the chemical origin of iron glance in volcanic masses, 234; chemical combinations, a means of throwing a clear light on geognosy, 256; on gypsum, as a uniaxal crystal, 259; experiments on the simultaneously opposite actions of heat on crystalline bodies, 259; formation of crystals of mica, 260; on artificial mineral products, 268, 271.

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