beaverite

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English

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Etymology

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Beaver +‎ -ite, after Beaver County, Utah.

Noun

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beaverite

  1. (mineralogy) A trigonal-ditrigonal pyramidal yellow mineral containing aluminum, copper, hydrogen, iron, lead, oxygen, and sulfur.

References

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  • David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Beaverite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.