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== Description ==
 
== Description ==
  

Revision as of 15:11, 26 August 2020

Scolar's rock
MFA Acc. #: 2000.1302

Description

A natural-occurring, solid mixture of minerals. Rock is characterized by its formation type as either:

Synonyms and Related Terms

stone; rocha (Port.)

Resources and Citations

  • Ralph Mayer, A Dictionary of Art Terms and Techniques, Harper and Row Publishers, New York, 1969 (also 1945 printing)
  • Walter C. McCrone, John Gustave Delly, The Particle Atlas, W. McCrone Associates, Chicago, IV, 1972
  • Random House, Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language, Grammercy Book, New York, 1997
  • The American Heritage Dictionary or Encarta, via Microsoft Bookshelf 98, Microsoft Corp., 1998

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