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dioptase

dioptase noun: an intense emerald-green to bluish-green copper cyclosilicate mineral.

Noun

dioptase (countable and uncountable, plural dioptases)

  1. An intense emerald-green to bluish-green copper cyclosilicate mineral.

Forms of dioptase

pluraldioptases

Questions about dioptase

What does dioptase mean?
Dioptase means an intense emerald-green to bluish-green copper cyclosilicate mineral.
What part of speech is dioptase?
Dioptase is a noun.
What is the plural of dioptase?
The plural of dioptase is dioptases.

Words near dioptase in the dictionary

  1. diopsides
  2. diopsidic
  3. diopsidite
  4. diopsidites
  5. diopsids
  6. dioptase
  7. dioptases
  8. diopter
  9. diopteric aberration
  10. diopteric aberrations
  11. diopters

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