sparry
of or relating to the mineral spar.
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The compact carbonate of iron has no relation externally with the sparry variety.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines | Andrew UreStamped and washed carbonate of iron (sparry iron ore) is now added, in the proportion of about 10 per cent.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines | Andrew UreSpathic Iron Ore.—Carbonate of iron, when found in a comparatively pure and crystallized state, is known as spathic or sparry.
Cliffs of sparry limestone rise in the rear of the site we had selected, to an elevation of near three hundred feet.
Early Western Travels 1748-1846, Volume XIV | Edwin JamesIn cooling, one exhibits a sparry, crystalline structure, the other that of clay.
The Arctic Whaleman | Lewis Holmes
British Dictionary definitions for sparry
/ (ˈspɑːrɪ) /
geology containing, relating to, or resembling spar: sparry coal
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