Enhydros
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Enhydros is a noun meaning A geode of chalcedony containing trapped water.
Meaning
A geode of chalcedony containing trapped water.
Example Sentences
1875: William Whitaker, B.A., F.G.S., ed, The Geological Record for 1874: An Account of Works on Geology, Minerology, and Palæontology published during the year ... the liquid obtained from the cavities of a specimen of enhydros, or "water-stone." It consists of clear water containing in solution a small proportion of certain salts, apparently the chlorides and sulphates of sodium, magnesium, and calcium.
Word Forms
- enhydroses
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include enhydrite, geode, hydrophilite, euhedron, chadacryst, hyalite.
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