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单词 geode
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Definition of geode in English:

geode

noun ˈdʒiːəʊdˈdʒioʊd
  • 1A small cavity in rock lined with crystals or other mineral matter.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Colorless quartz crystals lining geodes have also been found at approximately 300 feet below the trail at the South Overlook locality.
    • Mordenite lines most of the geodes as the typical fine hairlike crystals of the species.
    • Some visitors gather around the sparkling amethyst geodes or the shining pyrite crystals.
    • Sphalerite in crystals to 8 cm and cleavage masses to 30 cm across occurs in geodes of the well-known southeastern Iowa localities, such as those around Keokuk.
    • One case has a selection of crystal-lined geodes, several filled with amethyst, from the Josini area of northern KwazuluNatal in South Africa.
    • Most of the thirty-two pages on Moroccan agate are color plates of superb geodes with fantastic patterns and inclusions.
    Synonyms
    space, chamber, hollow, hole, pocket, pouch
    1. 1.1 A rock containing a geode.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • In the extreme and startling contrast between its outer and inner life, it resembles some kind of weird rock or geode that, split open, reveals a spectacular mineral formation.
      • ‘This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity,’ exclaimed a collector from the Keokuk area who was working beside me splitting geodes out of shale.
      • They are different from geodes in that they have a solid center, often displaying a great contrast between the rocky shell of brown and the milky white and clear crystal center.
      • It's centered around this hill with all these geodes, and a stone archway at the top.
      • It's a teeny one… but like all geodes there is a whole different world inside.
      • It is a geode having a small U-shaped cavity crammed with tiny quartz crystals.
      • He opened one of the largest geodes and gave half to Hart.
      • Two adjacent geodes from the same piece of shale could be cracked open, and one would be lined with brown calcite, the other with quartz.
      • Do I not take responsibility for my stress when I lift the geode and consciously transform the stress energy into something healthier for my physical body?
      • People love to do camping here because of the fascinating aura and to grab 15 pounds of agates, geodes and quartz that anyone can gather and take to home.
      • Joy likens the house to a geode, the coarseness of the rough steel exterior contrasting with the refinement of the interior.

Derivatives

  • geodic

  • adjective dʒiːˈɒdɪk
    • Some preserve textures reminiscent of the drusy lining of geodic quartz and these textures are thought to be primary and contemporaneous with the hydrothermal alteration.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Open conduits and caverns, geodic sparite cement and other exotic minerals characterize this phase.

Origin

Late 17th century: via Latin from Greek geōdēs 'earthy', from 'earth'.

 
 

Definition of geode in US English:

geode

nounˈjēōdˈdʒioʊd
  • 1A small cavity in rock lined with crystals or other mineral matter.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Some visitors gather around the sparkling amethyst geodes or the shining pyrite crystals.
    • Sphalerite in crystals to 8 cm and cleavage masses to 30 cm across occurs in geodes of the well-known southeastern Iowa localities, such as those around Keokuk.
    • Colorless quartz crystals lining geodes have also been found at approximately 300 feet below the trail at the South Overlook locality.
    • Most of the thirty-two pages on Moroccan agate are color plates of superb geodes with fantastic patterns and inclusions.
    • One case has a selection of crystal-lined geodes, several filled with amethyst, from the Josini area of northern KwazuluNatal in South Africa.
    • Mordenite lines most of the geodes as the typical fine hairlike crystals of the species.
    Synonyms
    space, chamber, hollow, hole, pocket, pouch
    1. 1.1 A rock containing a cavity lined with crystals or other mineral matter.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • People love to do camping here because of the fascinating aura and to grab 15 pounds of agates, geodes and quartz that anyone can gather and take to home.
      • Two adjacent geodes from the same piece of shale could be cracked open, and one would be lined with brown calcite, the other with quartz.
      • ‘This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity,’ exclaimed a collector from the Keokuk area who was working beside me splitting geodes out of shale.
      • Do I not take responsibility for my stress when I lift the geode and consciously transform the stress energy into something healthier for my physical body?
      • It's centered around this hill with all these geodes, and a stone archway at the top.
      • In the extreme and startling contrast between its outer and inner life, it resembles some kind of weird rock or geode that, split open, reveals a spectacular mineral formation.
      • It's a teeny one… but like all geodes there is a whole different world inside.
      • It is a geode having a small U-shaped cavity crammed with tiny quartz crystals.
      • He opened one of the largest geodes and gave half to Hart.
      • Joy likens the house to a geode, the coarseness of the rough steel exterior contrasting with the refinement of the interior.
      • They are different from geodes in that they have a solid center, often displaying a great contrast between the rocky shell of brown and the milky white and clear crystal center.

Origin

Late 17th century: via Latin from Greek geōdēs ‘earthy’, from gē ‘earth’.

 
 
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