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Definition of Tenorite
1. a mineral [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tenorite
Literary usage of Tenorite
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report of the Annual Meeting (1866)
"The fracture is generally conchoidal, and cleavages exist parallel to (111) and
The mineral tenorite, the form of cupric oxide, ..."
2. Mineralogy Simplified: Easy Methods of Identifying Minerals, Including Ores by Henry Erni, Amos Peaslee Brown (1908)
"... tenorite, CuO, V ? Hardness sometimes under 2.5 in the earthy varieties.
(See below under H =8.5 or above. ) A copper ore. Compare also Bituminous coal, ..."
3. A System of Mineralogy: Descriptive Mineralogy, Comprising the Most Recent by James Dwight Dana, George Jarvis Brush (1890)
"That there is an isometric form of this Cu O has been announced by Becquerel, as
stated on p. 137. tenorite may have the form and dimensions found by ..."
4. A System of Mineralogy: Descriptive Mineralogy, Comprising the Most Recent by James Dwight Dana, George Jarvis Brush (1868)
"Sulphuric acid heated to 300°C. decomposes it, leaving a siliceous residue.
From the diamond sands of Bahia, Brazil. tenorite ..."
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