brochantite

American

[broh-shahn-tahyt] / broʊˈʃɑn taɪt /

noun

a mineral, hydrous copper sulfate, Cu 4 (OH) 6 SO 4 , occurring in green fibrous masses and similar in physical properties to antlerite: formerly a major ore of copper.

Etymology

Origin of brochantite

1860–65; named after A. Brochant de Villiers (1773–1840), French mineralogist; see -ite ¹

Example Sentences

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The oxide group of minerals—including the copper carbonates, azurite and malachite; the silicate, chrysocolla; the oxide, cuprite; the sulphates, chalcanthite and brochantite; and some native copper associated with these minerals—probably supplies another 5 per cent.

From The Economic Aspect of Geology by Leith, C. K. (Charles Kenneth)

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