Glossary of Terms - The Mineral and Gemstone Kingdom

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Cabochon	Chatoyancy	Cluster	Crystal aggregate
Calcareous	Chatoyant	Coal	Crystal angle
Calcic	Chemical	Coating	Crystal class
Calcite group	Chemical bond	Cockscomb	Crystal face
Cameo	Chemical composition	Color	Crystal group
Capillary	Chemical formula	Columnar	Crystal habit
Carat	Chemical structure	Composition	Crystal lattice
Carbonate	Chemist	Compound	Crystal structure
Carbonates	Chemistry	Concentric	Crystal symmetry
carbonatite	Chert	Conchoidal	Crystal system
Carlsbad twin	Chondrite	Concretion	Crystalline
Carved	Chondrules	Concretionary	Crystallization
Carving	Chromates	Conductivity	Crystallize
Cassiterite twin	Chrysoberyl twin	Conductor	Crystallized
Cast	Clast	Conglomerate	Crystallographer
Casting	Clay	Contact metamorphism	Crystallographically
Cat's eye	Cleavable	Contact twinning	Crystallography
Cat's eye effect	Cleavage	Coprolite	ct
Cation	Cleavage angle	Coral	Cube
Catseye	Cleavage face	Core	Cubic
Cave	Cleavage fragment	Coxcomb	Cubic cleavage
Cavern	Cleavage surface	Crater	Cubic octahedron
Cavities	Cleave	Crazing	Cubic system
Cavity	Cleaved	Crumbly	Cuboctahedral
Cementation zone	Cleaved surface	Crust	Culet
Center of symmetry	Cleaving	Crusty	Cut
Chain silicates	Clinopinacoid	Cryptocrystalline	Cyclosilicates
Chalk	Clinopinacoidal	Crystal	Cymophane effect