aurichalcite

English

Etymology

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Noun

aurichalcite (plural aurichalcites)

1. (mineralogy) A basic carbonate mineral of copper and zinc.

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Aurichalcite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “aurichalcite”, in Mindat.org‎^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.