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xanthoconite

xanthoconite noun: a mineral containing silver, arsenic, and sulphur.

Noun

xanthoconite (uncountable)

  1. A mineral containing silver, arsenic, and sulphur.
    • Proustite, always 10 to 20 times more abundant than xanthoconite, formed clusters attached to the lining of the bomb. Xanthoconite occurred in single unattached crystals which were concentrated in the upper part of the solids left in the bomb […]1948, Economic Geology, Bulletin of the Society of Economic Geologists

Origin of xanthoconite

From xantho- + conite.

Questions about xanthoconite

What does xanthoconite mean?
Xanthoconite means a mineral containing silver, arsenic, and sulphur.
What part of speech is xanthoconite?
Xanthoconite is a noun.

Words near xanthoconite in the dictionary

  1. xanthochymol
  2. xanthocillin
  3. xanthocobalt
  4. xanthocobaltic
  5. xanthocone
  6. xanthoconite
  7. xanthocreatinin
  8. xanthocreatinine
  9. xanthocroic
  10. xanthocyanopia
  11. xanthocyanopsia

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