bournonite

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A sulfosalt mineral, a sulfantimonite of lead and copper.

Word forms

bournonite bournonites

Etymology

From Bournon + -ite after French crystallographer and mineralogist Jacques Louis de Bournon (1751–1825).

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