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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A mineral, Cu2(AsO4)(OH), a basic arsenate of copper, that is brown, olive green, or gray in color and found in copper deposits.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An arseniate of copper, usually of an olive-green color, occurring in prismatic crystals, and also in reniform, granular, and fibrous crusts.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Min.) An olive-green mineral, a hydrous arseniate of copper (Cu2(AsO4)(OH)); olive ore.
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- noun mineralogy An
orthorhombic copper arsenate mineral with thechemical formula Cu2AsO4OH.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun rare green to black mineral consisting of hydrated copper arsenate that is found in copper deposits
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[German Olivenit : Olive, olive (from Latin olīva; see olive) + -it, n. suff. (from Latin -īta; see –ite).]
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From German Olivenerz ("olive ore"), from its olive-green colour + -ite.
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