cuprite in English

noun
1
a dark red or brownish black mineral consisting of cuprous oxide.
Other secondary copper minerals associated with the chrysocolla are malachite, cuprite , and tenorite.

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1. Some Chrysocolla contains Cuprite

2. Malachite, azurite, cuprite, and other minerals are formed from Bornite in oxidation zones

3. ‘Quercus virginiana was the only Arborescent species found at all five middens.’ ‘In the late 1950s and early 1960s Santa Rita was the source of a large number of beautifully sharp, lustrous cuprite crystals coating Arborescent and wiry masses of native copper.’

4. ‘Quercus virginiana was the only Arborescent species found at all five middens.’ ‘In the late 1950s and early 1960s Santa Rita was the source of a large number of beautifully sharp, lustrous cuprite crystals coating Arborescent and wiry masses of native copper.’