aurichalcite

English

Etymology

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Noun

aurichalcite (plural aurichalcites)

  1. (mineralogy) A basic carbonate mineral of copper and zinc.

Further reading

  • “Aurichalcite” in David Barthelmy, Webmineral Mineralogy Database, 1997–.
  • aurichalcite mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, accessed 29 August 2016
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