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Webster 1913 Edition


Idocrase

Id′o-crase

(ĭd′ō̍-krās; 277)
,
Noun.
[Gr.
εἶδοσ
form +
κρᾶσισ
mixture, from
κεραννύναι
to mix; cf. F.
idocrase
.]
(Min.)
Same as
Vesuvianite
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Idocrase

ID'OCRASE

,
Noun.
[Gr. form, and mixture; a mixed figure.]
A mineral, the vesuvian of Werner, sometimes massive,and very often in shining prismatic crystals. Its primitive form is a four-sided prism with square bases. It is found near Vesuvius, in unaltered rocks ejected by the volcano; also in primitive rocks, in various other localities.

Definition 2024


idocrase

idocrase

English

Noun

idocrase (countable and uncountable, plural idocrases)

  1. (geology) vesuvianite