coloradoite

[ kol-uh-rad-oh-ahyt, -rah-doh- ]

/ ˌkɒl əˈræd oʊˌaɪt, -ˈrɑ doʊ- /

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noun

a mineral, mercury telluride, HgTe, occurring in the form of grayish-black masses.

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Origin of coloradoite

1875–80; named after Colorado; see -ite¹

Words nearby coloradoite

colorable, colorado, Colorado beetle, Colorado blue spruce, Colorado Desert, coloradoite, Colorado Plateau, Colorado potato beetle, Colorado red cedar, Colorado River, Colorado ruby

How to use coloradoite in a sentence

Coloradoite is a telluride of mercury, also a new mineral and quite rare.
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