Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A mineral occurring in small tabular crystals of a green or yellow color and pearly luster. It is a hydrous copper vanadate.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Min.) A mineral occurring in small six-sided tabular crystals of a green or yellow color. It is a hydrous vanadate of copper and lime.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun mineralogy A mineral containing copper and vanadium.

Etymologies

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Alexander von Volborth (1800-1876), a Russian paleontologist, and -ite.

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