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coloradoite

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

noun

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

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Word History and Origins

Origin of coloradoite1

1875–80; named after Colorado; -ite 1
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Coloradoite is a telluride of mercury, also a new mineral and quite rare.

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Coloradoite was first found in Colorado.

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