calaverite

English

Etymology

Calaveras +‎ -ite. Named for Calaveras County, California, USA; where it was first discovered. From Spanish calavera.

Noun

calaverite (plural calaverites)

(mineralogy) A mineral form of gold telluride (AuTe₂).

Hypernyms

gold telluride
AuTe₂

Coordinate terms

krennerite (AuTe₂)

Translations

mineral form

Catalan: calaverita f
Finnish: kalaveriitti

Further reading

David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Calaverite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
“calaverite”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.

Anagrams

lacerative

Italian

Noun

calaverite f (plural calaveriti)

(mineralogy) calaverite

Anagrams

laceratevi, lacerative

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