geode
pronunciation
How to pronounce geode in British English:
UK ['dʒi:əʊd]
How to pronounce geode in American English:
US ['dʒioʊd]
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- Noun:
- (mineralogy) a hollow rock or nodule with the cavity usually lined with crystals
Word Origin
- geode (n.)
- rounded stone with a hollow center lined with crystals, 1670s (in Greek form from 1610s), from French géode, from Latin geodes, name of a certain precious stone, from Greek geodes "earthy, earth-like, with deep soil," from ge "earth" (Homeric gaia; see Gaia) + -oides, adjective suffix, "characterized by" (see -oid). Perhaps so called in reference to the rough crust in which the crystals are hidden. Related: Geodic.
Example
- 1. Geode dragons are closely related to stone dragons .
- 2. The biggest amethyst geode in the world .
- 3. Topaz belong to spar so also need demagnetization , but topaz crystal department can 't use because orthogonal geode , jing clusters etc. the topaz .
- 4. The geode , which is eight metres ( 26ft ) long and crammed full of gypsum prisms , has been put under police guard to prevent souvenir hunters from raiding the extraordinary natural phenomenon .