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Bornite
A reddish mineral that tarnishes on exposure to air; it is a mixed sulfide of iron and copper with the chemical formula Cu5FeS and is an important ore of copper.
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A reddish mineral that tarnishes on exposure to air; it is a mixed sulfide of iron and copper with the chemical formula Cu5FeS and is an important ore of copper.
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| peacock orenoun | (informal) Bornite. |
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| peacock orenoun | (informal) Bornite. |
| bournonitenoun | (mineralogy) A sulfosalt mineral, a sulfantimonite of lead and copper. |
| neyitenoun | (mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic galena white mineral containing bismuth, copper, lead, silver, and sulfur. |
| bermanitenoun | (mineralogy) A monoclinic-sphenoidal mineral containing hydrogen, manganese, oxygen, and phosphorus. |
| bismuthinitenoun | (mineralogy) A soft bismuth sulfide mineral, an important ore for bismuth. |
| benjaminitenoun | (mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing bismuth, copper, lead, silver, and sulfur. |
| namibitenoun | (mineralogy) A monoclinic dark green mineral containing bismuth, copper, oxygen, and vanadium. |
| cuprobismutitenoun | (mineralogy) A black mineral, with a metallic lustre, found in quartz deposits; it is a mixed sulfide of copper and bismuth. |
| bixbyitenoun | (mineralogy) A rare manganese iron oxide mineral with a black metallic appearance. |
| birnessitenoun | (mineralogy) A soft mineral, mostly containing manganese oxides, that occurs in manganese nodules. |
| cyanositenoun | (mineralogy) chalcanthite (a copper sulfate) |
| berryitenoun | (mineralogy) A blue-gray opaque mineral, with chemical formula Pb₃(Ag,Cu)₅Bi₇S₁₆. |
| red coppernoun | pure copper, as opposed to an alloy (cf. yellow copper) |
| nisbitenoun | (mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal tin white mineral containing antimony and nickel. |
| brookitenoun | (mineralogy) A dark brown mineral form of titanium dioxide, with the chemical formula TiO₂. |
| bunsenitenoun | (mineralogy) An isometric-hexoctahedral mineral containing nickel and oxygen, Nickel(II) oxide. |
| breithauptitenoun | (mineralogy) A nickel antimonide mineral with the chemical formula NiSb, having a metallic opaque copper-red appearance. |
| bismutitenoun | Alternative form of bismuthite. [(mineralogy) An orthorhombic bismuth carbonate mineral.] |
| burnsitenoun | (mineralogy) A hexagonal-dihexagonal dipyramidal dark red mineral containing cadmium, chlorine, copper, oxygen, potassium, and selenium. |
| bismutostibiconitenoun | (mineralogy) An isometric-hexoctahedral mineral containing antimony, bismuth, iron, and oxygen. |
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