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submetallic

[ suhb-muh-tal-ik ]

adjective

  1. somewhat or imperfectly metallic.

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Origin of submetallic1

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The colour is dark steel-grey to iron-black, and the lustre brilliant and submetallic: the streak is dark reddish-brown.

Diallage, an altered form of the mineral augite, with a lamellar structure, and a submetallic lustre on its planes of separation.

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