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chalcophiles

chalcophiles is the plural of chalcophile.

Meaning of chalcophile

Noun

chalcophile (plural chalcophiles)

  1. (physical) In the Goldschmidt classification, an element such as copper that forms sulfide minerals if enough sulfur is available.

Questions about chalcophiles

What is chalcophiles the plural of?
Chalcophiles is the plural of chalcophile.

Words near chalcophiles in the dictionary

  1. chalconoid
  2. chalconoids
  3. chalcononaringenin
  4. chalcophanite
  5. chalcophile
  6. chalcophiles
  7. chalcophilic
  8. chalcophyllite
  9. chalcopyrite
  10. chalcopyrites
  11. chalcopyritic

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