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Noun Concept

Categories: Mineralogy, Articles with short description

luster lustre brilliancy splendor splendour

A quality that outshines the usual WordNet 3.0

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A quality that outshines the usual WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

Lustre is the way light interacts with the surface of a crystal, rock, or mineral. Wikipedia

A description of the way light interacts with the surface of a crystal, rock or mineral Wikipedia Disambiguation

Manner in which light interacts with a crystal, rock, or mineral''s surface Wikidata

A shining quality; brilliance. Wiktionary

Shining quality. Wiktionary (translation)

A substance that imparts lustre to a surface, such as plumbago or a glaze. Wiktionary

The way in which the surface of any particular type of mineral reflects light differently from other minerals, which is helpful in telling minerals apart. Wiktionary

Great light, luster or brilliance. Wiktionary

Various kinds of minerals differ in their lustre; iron pyrites are described as having a metallic lustre, glassy materials a vitreous lustre; others, such as opal, look resinous, and the lustres of yet others are described as being either pearly, or silky, or dull, like earth. Wiktionary

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