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jacutinga

jacutinga noun: a black-fronted piping guan (Pipile jacutinga).

jacutinga: a black-fronted piping guan (Pipile jacutinga)
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Noun

jacutinga (plural jacutingas)

  1. A black-fronted piping guan (Pipile jacutinga).
  2. (dated, possibly) A micaceous iron ore, related to itabirite and associated with gold.
    • ORIGIN OF THE ORES. Massive Ores and Jacutinga. - Itabirite and bedded ore were formed together under similar conditions, and statements regarding the origin of one apply to the other.[…] Fragmental Ores […] are due to the surface weathering and erosion of the massive ores, jacutinga and itabirite...1911, Economic Geology, page 681
    • ... jacutinga, itabirite, quartzite, and dolomite, as of secondary origin, formed by a relatively deep-extending series of surface chemical processes, justifying, in his opinion, the use of the term 'digestive.' Mr. Goodchild[…]1914, Transactions of the Institution of Mining & Metallurgy, page 26

Examples of jacutinga in a sentence

  • FIG. 321. - Section through the Gongo Socco mountains. [M]asses of gold mixed with jacutinga have been found weighing several kilogrammes[…]1916, Franz Beyschlag, Johan Herman Lie Vogt, Paul Krusch, The Deposits of the Useful Minerals & Rocks, page 619:
  • The early literature used the term "jacutinga" for both soft ore and soft itabirite.1963, John Van Nostrand Dorr, Aluizio Licinio de Miranda Barbosa, Geology and Ore Deposits of the Itabira District, Minas Gerais, Brazil...
  • […] itabirite, because he noted that "jacutinga" was the most important host rock for gold mineralization, whereas itabirite was an unfavorable host rock.1966, U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper, page 45:

Forms of jacutinga

pluraljacutingas

Origin of jacutinga

Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese jacutinga, from Old Tupi îakutinga. The ore is so called because it resembles the bird.

Questions about jacutinga

What does jacutinga mean?
Jacutinga means a black-fronted piping guan (Pipile jacutinga).
How do you use jacutinga in a sentence?
FIG. 321. - Section through the Gongo Socco mountains. [M]asses of gold mixed with jacutinga have been found weighing several kilogrammes[…]
What part of speech is jacutinga?
Jacutinga is a noun.
What is the plural of jacutinga?
The plural of jacutinga is jacutingas.

Words near jacutinga in the dictionary

  1. jaculiferous
  2. Jacumba Hot Springs
  3. Jacundá
  4. jacupirangite
  5. jacupirangites
  6. jacutinga
  7. jacutingas
  8. jacuzzi
  9. jacuzzied
  10. jacuzzies
  11. jacuzziing

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