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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In mineralogy, a mineral occurring in black lamellæ, which upon exposure gradually change to a green color, and containing copper chlorid, copper oxid, and water. It was found as a sublimation-product at Vesuvius.
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- noun mineralogy An orthorhombic-dipyramidal
mineral containingchlorine ,copper , andoxygen .
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