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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An oxychlorid of copper having the same percentage composition as atacamite, but losing its water at a higher temperature. It occurs in pseudorhombohedral crystals, and is found at Sierra Gorda, Chile.

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  • noun mineralogy A rhombohedral form of basic copper chloride that is dimorphous with tacamite

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