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pyrognostics

[pahy-ruhg-nos-tiks]

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plural noun

those properties of a mineral that it exhibits when heated, alone or with fluxes, in the blowpipe flame, as the fusibility, intumescence, or other phenomena of fusion, flame coloration, etc.

Origin:
1840–50; pyro- + gnost(ic) + -ics

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pyrognostics (ˌpaɪrɒɡˈnɒstɪks)

—*pl n*
	the characteristics of a mineral, such as fusibility and flame coloration, that are revealed by the application of heat

[C19: from pyro- + -gnostics, from Greek gnōsis knowledge]

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