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fornacite

fornacite noun: a rare monoclinic-prismatic lead copper chromate arsenate hydroxide mineral, which is generally green to yellow and translucent to transparent, and has a Mohs hardness of 2.3, a specific gravity of 6.27, and a Strunz classification of 7.FC.10.

Noun

fornacite

  1. A rare monoclinic-prismatic lead copper chromate arsenate hydroxide mineral, which is generally green to yellow and translucent to transparent, and has a Mohs hardness of 2.3, a specific gravity of 6.27, and a Strunz classification of 7.FC.10.

Origin of fornacite

From Latin fornāx, fornāc- (“furnace”) -ite, named in 1915 after Lucien Lewis Forneau (whose surname resembles French fourneau (“stove”), which, like fornāx, is ultimately from Latin furnus (“oven”)).

Words formed from fornacite

Questions about fornacite

What does fornacite mean?
Fornacite means a rare monoclinic-prismatic lead copper chromate arsenate hydroxide mineral, which is generally green to yellow and translucent to transparent, and has a Mohs hardness of 2.3, a specific gravity of 6.27, and a Strunz classification of 7.FC.10.
What part of speech is fornacite?
Fornacite is a noun.

Words near fornacite in the dictionary

  1. formé
  2. formée
  3. forn
  4. Fornacalia
  5. fornace
  6. fornacite
  7. Fornax
  8. forncast
  9. Forncett
  10. forne
  11. fornenst

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