Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The basic phosphate of copper, a mineral first found at Libethen in Hungary, having an olive-green color and crystallizing in the orthorhombic system. It is isomorphous with olivenite.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Min.) A mineral of an olive-green color, commonly in orthorhombic crystals. It is a hydrous phosphate of copper.
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- noun mineralogy A rare
copper phosphate hydroxide mineral that forms striking dark greenorthorhombic crystals .
Etymologies
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German; Libethen is the German name for Ľubietová, Slovakia, where it was discovered.
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