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druse

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5 lettersPronunciation /dɹuːz/Sorted dersuStarts with DEnds with E0 clues
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Definitions

  1. A rock surface with a crust of tiny crystals.

Word origin

Borrowed via French from German Druse (“crystallized piece of ore”); compare dross.

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  • Occurs as a fine coating over the minerals in druses or cavities in the granite.
  • Nontronite, a variety of chloropal occurs as a light yellow powder in druses of the North Conway granite (99, p. 312).
  • A lot of druses are found in the vein, and euhedral crystals of quartz, marcasite and sphalerite are observed as druse minerals.

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