Associations to the word «Olivine»

Wiktionary

OLIVINE, noun. (mineralogy) (geology) Any of a group of olive green magnesium-iron silicate minerals that crystallize in the orthorhombic system.

Dictionary definition

OLIVINE, noun. A mineral consisting of magnesium iron silicate; a source of magnesium.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope