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Cuprite

noun
1.
A mineral consisting of cuprous oxide that is a source of copper.





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"Cuprite" Quotes from Famous Books



... pilarite contains alumina (perhaps as allophane). The mineral occurs in the upper parts of veins of copper ores, and has resulted from their alteration by the action of waters containing silica in solution. Pseudomorphs of chrysocolla after various copper minerals (e.g. cuprite) are not uncommon. It is found in most ...
— Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 - "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" • Various


Words linked to "Cuprite" :   atomic number 29, mineral, Cu, copper


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