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chalcocite


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Chalcocite  \Chal"co*cite\,  n.  [Gr.  chalko`s  brass.]  (Min.) 
  Native  copper  sulphide,  called  also  {copper  glance},  and 
  {vitreous  copper};  a  mineral  of  a  black  color  and  metallic 
  luster.  [Formerly  written  {chalcosine}.] 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  chalcocite 
  n  :  a  heavy  gray  mineral  that  is  an  ore  of  copper  [syn:  {copper 
  glance}] 




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