The Collaborative International Dictionary
Staurolite \Stau"ro*lite\ (st[add]"r[-o]*l[imac]t), n. [Gr. stayro`s a cross + -lite.] (Min.) A mineral of a brown to black color occurring in prismatic crystals, often twinned so as to form groups resembling a cross. It is a silicate of alumina and iron, and is generally found imbedded in mica schist. Called also granatite, and grenatite.
Wiktionary
n. (label en mineralogy) a dark brown nesosilicate mineral that has crystals that cross and intergrow
Wikipedia
Staurolite is a red brown to black, mostly opaque, nesosilicate mineral with a white streak. It crystallizes in the monoclinic crystal system, has a Mohs hardness of 7 to 7.5 and the chemical formula: FeAlO(SiO)(O,OH). Magnesium, zinc and manganese substitute in the iron site and trivalent iron can substitute for aluminium.
Usage examples of "staurolite".
One reason they usually parked elsewhere was because one-armed Onofre Mar-tinez, the Staurolite Baron and father of Bruno Marti-nez the cop, always parked his mottled-green, 1953 Chevy pickup in front of the meter.
So I asked him what did he want, and he points to all the staurolites I got in the pan to left of the register, you know, and he asked me what were those.
I got a whole bunch more in a cardboard box in back that Onofre Martinez sold me, so I said sure, go ahead, and after counting them the freak hands me thirty-eight dollars and just scoops all those staurolites off the tray, stuffs them into his pockets, and makes the sign of the cross or something .
I got a whole bunch more in a cardboard box in back that Onofre Martinez sold me, so I said sure, go ahead, and after counting them the freak hands me thirty-eight dollars and just scoops all those staurolites off the tray, stuffs them into his pockets, and makes the sign of the cross or something .
Onofre Martinez, a one-armed ex-sheepman who was known as the Staurolite Baron and also as the father of Bruno Martinez, a state cop.
After her, the Staurolite Baron with the infamous missing arm, Onofre Martinez, appeared, gestured obscenely at his son Bruno Martinez, the state cop (who was parked nearby keeping an eye on things), and entered the church.