bornite

See also: Bornite

English

Etymology

Born +‎ -ite, after Ignaz von Born, Austrian mineralogist.

Noun

bornite (plural bornites)

(mineralogy) A reddish mineral that tarnishes on exposure to air; it is a mixed sulfide of iron and copper with the chemical formula Cu₅Fe S and is an important ore of copper.

Synonyms

Translations

mineral

Catalan: bornita f
Hungarian: bornit

Serbo-Croatian: bornit (sh)
Spanish: bornita f

Further reading

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

Anagrams

Bertino, robinet

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