delafossite
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Delafosse + -ite, after French mineralogist Gabriel Delafosse.
Noun
[edit]delafossite (countable and uncountable, plural delafossites)
- (mineralogy) A mixed oxide mineral of copper and iron.
Further reading
[edit]- David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Delafossite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
- “delafossite”, in Mindat.org[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.