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It occurs as crystals in limestone and is used a gemstone
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vesuvian
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Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Vesuvian \Ve*su"vi*an\, a. [Cf. F. V['e]suvien, It. Vesuviano.] Of or pertaining to Vesuvius, a volcano near Naples.
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n. a green or yellow or brown mineral consisting of a hydrated silicate; it occurs as crystals in limestone and is used a gemstone [syn: vesuvianite , idocrase ]
Usage examples of vesuvian.
A Vesuvian cascade of faecal matter exploded with an atomic wet blast of Krakatoan volume.
Senate had ordered him to pick up five cohorts in Capua as he passed through-and keep on marching until he found the rebels and flushed them out of their Vesuvian hole.
If I have not lost my mind I have accurately conveyed those two Vesuvian irruptions of philosophy.
Andrea puffed out another Vesuvian cloud of acrid smoke and looked away indifferently.