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geode
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A nodule of stone having a cavity lined with mineral or crystal matter on the inside wall.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
rounded stone with a hollow center lined with crystals, 1670s, from French géode , from Latin geodes , from Greek geodes "earthy, earth-like," from ge "earth" (Homeric gaia ; see Gaia ) + -oides , adjective suffix, "characterized by." Perhaps so called ...
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Geode was a Firefox add-on that would locate a user's computer, which enabled personalized and localized content. When the extension was fully operational, a user who was looking for restaurants while they were out of town would have been able load up their ...
Usage examples of geode.
Not the least curious part of this outcrop is the black thread of iron silicate which, broken in places, subtends it to the east: some specimens have geodes yielding brown powder, and venal cavities lined with botryoidal quartz of amethystine tinge.
The music swelled in a crescendo, cube-drums, ice-horns, percussion geodes, and more, all in perfect harmony.
Quantities of quartz crystals, geodes, apache tears, jasper pebbles, moonstone beads, and….
Treasure seekers of this kind found a stone that looked like a geode in 1961 near Olancha, on the edge of the Amargosa Desert.