coloradoite

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

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

Origin of coloradoite

1
1875–80; named after Colorado; see -ite1

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How to use coloradoite in a sentence

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

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