varietal minerals
1accessory mineral — any mineral in an igneous rock not essential to the naming of the rock. When it is present in small amounts, as is common, it is called a minor accessory. If the amount is greater or is of special significance, the mineral is called a… …
2schist — /shist/, n. any of a class of crystalline metamorphic rocks whose constituent mineral grains have a more or less parallel or foliated arrangement. [1775 85; < NL schistus, L (lapis) schistos < Gk schistós divided, curdled, divisible, deriv. of… …
3Chenin blanc — Cugnette redirects here. For another French wine grape known as Cugnette, see Jacquère. Chenin blanc Grape (Vitis) A cluster of Chenin blan …
4Quartz — This article is about the mineral. For other uses, see Quartz (disambiguation). Quartz Quartz crystal cluster from Tibet General Category …
5pegmatite — pegmatitic /peg meuh tit ik/, adj. /peg meuh tuyt /, n. Petrol. a coarsely crystalline granite or other high silica rock occurring in veins or dikes. [1825 35; < Gk pegmat (s. of pêgma) anything fastened together, a bond (Compare pegnýein to… …
6History of wine — Wine boy at a Greek symposium The history of wine spans thousands of years and is closely intertwined with the history of agriculture, cuisine, civilization and humanity itself. Archaeological evidence suggests that the earliest known wine… …
7plant disease — ▪ plant pathology Introduction an impairment of the normal state of a plant that interrupts or modifies its vital functions. All species of plants, wild and cultivated alike, are subject to disease. Although each species is… …
8Malaia garnet — General Category Varietal name Chemical formula (Mg,Mn)3Al2(SiO4)3 [1] Iden …
9Districtus Austriae Controllatus — (Latin for Controlled District of Austria), DAC, is a recently introduced classification for wine in Austria loosely modelled on the French Appellation d Origine Contrôlée (AOC) systems and similar classifications.[1] DACs are created for… …
10Enstatite — Infobox mineral name = Enstatite category = Silicate mineral boxwidth = boxbgcolor = imagesize = caption = formula = Mg2Si2O6 molweight = color = White, grey, green, yellow or brown colorless in thin section. habit = Lamellar, fibrous, or massive …
