| And as long as anyone can remember, those stones — a type of semitranslucent jade — were about as valued as, well, a pile of river rocks. |
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| When the calcite was dissolved with dilute sulfamic acid, it was noted that white semitranslucent florets of datolite occurred on the crystalline copper. |
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| Plasma, in mineralogy, semitranslucent, microgranular or microfibrous, semiprecious variety of the silica mineral chalcedony. |
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| The acroteria of the Apollo temple are made of beautiful semitranslucent Pentelic marble. |
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| About a dozen of the hall's Doric columns will be swathed in semitranslucent fabric and their bases transformed into molded benches and tables. |
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| Its panels are decorated with simple blue and yellow faience and semitranslucent calcite ornaments. |
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| To achieve polychrome effects of great brilliance, the Maya potters painted in semitranslucent slips over a light background, then fired the vessels at a very low temperature. |
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