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Meaning of "redruthite" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF REDRUTHITE

ˈrɛdruːˌθaɪt


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF REDRUTHITE

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WHAT DOES REDRUTHITE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Chalcocite

Chalcocite, copper sulfide, is an important copper ore mineral. It is opaque, being colored dark-gray to black with a metallic luster. It has a hardness of 2½ - 3 on the Mohs scale. It is a sulfide with an orthorhombic crystal system. The term chalcocite comes from the alteration of the obsolete name chalcosine, from the Greek khalkos, meaning copper. It is also known as redruthite, vitreous copper and copper-glance.

Definition of redruthite in the English dictionary

The definition of redruthite in the dictionary is an important dark-gray or black copper ore mineral which is a sulphide.

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WORDS THAT END LIKE REDRUTHITE

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «REDRUTHITE»

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The Mineralogist's Directory, Or, a Guide to the Principal ...
Malachite. Redruthite. Torberite. (Huel Crofty, East.) Ответить Actinolite. Axinite. Blende. Chlorite. Felspar. Fluor. Hornblende. Pyrite. Redruthite. Rock Crystal. Towanite. (Huel Crofty, South.) TIN and COPPER. Stannine. (Huel Frances, South.) ...
Townshend M. HALL, 1868
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An Elementary Introduction to Mineralogy ... A new edition, ...
REDRUTHITE. 159 meyerite and redruthite c from San Pedro in Chile; d, e, f from Catemo in Chile, all by Domeyko :— a b c d e f Copper . . 30'48 30-95 63'38 53- 94. 60'58 63'98 Silver . . 5227 52-71 28'79 24-04 16'58 1208 Iron . . 0'33 024.
William PHILLIPS (F.L.S., etc.), Henry James Brooke, William Hallows MILLER, 1852
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Report and Transactions of the Devonshire Association for ...
CLASS I. METALLIC MINERALS. COPPEB. SULPHUKET OF COPPER. Redruthite, Copper Glance, or Vitreous Copper. Although abundant in Cornwall, the occurrence of vitreous copper in Devonshire does not appear to have been noted.
‎1869
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An Elementary Introduction to Mineralogy
Is completely decomposed by warm nitric acid, yielding a blue solution, and leaving a residue of sulphur. Cu'S, copper 79-84, sulphur 2CT16. Analyses of redruthite a from the Gumeschefskoi mine, near Katharinenburg, by Klaproth ; b from ...
William Phillips, Henry James Brooke, William Hallows Miller, 1852
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The Encyclopaedia Britannica, Or Dictionary of Arts, ...
Rhombic ; isomorphous with redruthite. Crystals rare ; usually massive, or in plates ; fracture flat, conchoidal, or even; verysectile. H.=2'5...3; G. = 6-2—6-3. Bright. Blackish lead-gray. B.B. fuses easily to a gray metallic semimalleable globule.
‎1858
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The Encyclopaedia Britannica: Or, Dictionary of Arts, ...
Rhombic; isomorphous with redruthite. Crystals rare; usually mmsive, or in plates; fracture flat, conchoidal, or even; very sectile. H.=2'5...3; G.=6'2---6'3. Bright. Blackish lead-gray. B.B. fuses easily to a gray metallic semimalleable globule.
Thomas Stewart Traill, 1858
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The Minerals of New South Wales, Etc.
REDRUTHITE.—Vitreous Copper Ore—Copper Glance. Chem. comp.: Copper disulphide = Cu2S ; copper, 79'8; sulphur, 202 = 100. Crystallises in the rhombic system. It is of a lead-grey colour, soft, and leaves a shining streak something like  ...
Archibald Liversidge, 2011
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Report and Transactions of the Devonshire Association for ...
Redruthite, Copper Glance, or Vitreous Copper. Although abundant in Cornwall, the occurrence of vitreous copper in Devonshire does not appear to have been noted. I have, however, lately received from Mr. W. J. Henwood, F.R.S., a letter, ...
Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, Literature and Art, 1869
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Publication
... massicot, minium) ; Copper (azurite, chrysoeolla, pyrites, cuprite, malachite, redruthite, tile ore) ; Tin (cassiterite, stannite) ; Bismuth (bismuthinite, bismutite) ; Wolfram; Molybdenite (molybdite) ; Antimony (stibnite) ; Manganese (psilomelane , ...
‎1915
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The Ore Minerals Under the Microscope: An Optical Guide
Redruthite). Geologic Environment: alteration products of Cu sulfide deposits Reflection Colour: blue-grey Internal Reflections: Reflectance [%]: 29.93 Bireflectance: Anisotropy: Pleochroism: weak, often only visible with slightly opened ...
Bernhard Pracejus, 2008
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