| 释义 |
druse1 Min.|druːz|
[a. G. druse = Boh. druza in same sense.]
a. A crust of small crystals lining the sides of a cavity in a rock.
b. A cavity of this description.
[1753Chambers Cycl. Supp., Drusa,..a name given by some of the Saxon miners to the common pyrites, and by others to some peculiar kinds of it.] 1811Pinkerton Petral. II. 576 A hard concreted stony crust, called druse, adhering to the inside of the cavity. 1839Murchison Silur. Syst. i. xx. 260 Veins and druses lined with crystals of quartz. a1852Macgillivray Nat. Hist. Dee Side (1855) 454 Good crystals occasionally one inch broad are found in druses of the Granite on Bennachiche. |