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cornubite

cornubite noun: a mineral containing arsenic, copper, hydrogen, and oxygen with chemical formula Cu₅(AsO₄)₂(OH)₄.

cornubite: a mineral containing arsenic, copper, hydrogen, and oxygen with chemical formula Cu₅(AsO₄)₂(OH)₄
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Noun

cornubite

  1. A mineral containing arsenic, copper, hydrogen, and oxygen with chemical formula Cu₅(AsO₄)₂(OH)₄.

Origin of cornubite

From Cornubia (“medieval Latin name of Cornwall”) + -ite.

Questions about cornubite

What does cornubite mean?
Cornubite means a mineral containing arsenic, copper, hydrogen, and oxygen with chemical formula Cu₅(AsO₄)₂(OH)₄.
What part of speech is cornubite?
Cornubite is a noun.

Words near cornubite in the dictionary

  1. cornuated
  2. Cornubia
  3. Cornubian
  4. cornubianite
  5. cornubianites
  6. cornubite
  7. cornucopia
  8. cornucopia machine
  9. cornucopia machines
  10. cornucopia sofa
  11. cornucopia sofas

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