Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An ore of copper, so called because of the bright colors of its surface when tarnished.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Min.) See
bornite .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun mineralogy
Bornite .
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Examples
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Copper pyrites (or yellow ore), erubescite (or purple ore), and chalcocite (or grey ore) are the most important.
A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. Cornelius Beringer 1886
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Audite patienter, et erubescite, et mihi date veniam recitanti: "Si nolit uxor [105], aut non possit, veniat ancilla.
Ten Reasons Proposed to His Adversaries for Disputation in the Name of the Faith and Presented to the Illustrious Members of Our Universities Edmund Campion 1560
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