chalco-comb. form
/ˈkalkəʊ/ Mineralogy.
Stem and combining form of Greek χαλκός copper, brass, used in the names of many minerals.
ˈchalcocite n.
Brit. /ˈkalkəsʌɪt/
, /ˈkalkəsʌɪt/U.S. /ˈkælkəˌsaɪt/
[Dana's alteration of the older name chalcosine (see below)] native sulphide of copper, copper glance./ˈkælkəˌsaɪt/ΘΚΠ
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grey orea1728
redruthite1849
marcylite1853
chalcocite1868
1868 J. D. Dana Min. (1884) 53 Specimens referred to chalcocite.
ˈchalcodite n.
Brit. /ˈkalkədʌɪt/
, /ˈkalkədʌɪt/U.S. /ˈkælkəˌdaɪt/
[named 1851; < Greek χαλκώδης like copper + -ite suffix1] a hydrous silicate of iron, found in velvety coatings, having a brass-like lustre, a variety of stilpnomelane./ˈkælkəˌdaɪt/ΚΠ
1857 C. U. Shepard Treat. Mineral. (ed. 3) Chalcodite.
1868 J. D. Dana Min. (1880) 460 Brush ascertained the identity of chalcodite and stilpnomelane.
ˈchalcolite n.
Brit. /ˈkalkəlʌɪt/
, /ˈkalkəlʌɪt/U.S. /ˈkælkəˌlaɪt/
[see -lite comb. form1] a synonym for torbernite, which was erroneously supposed to be an ore of copper./ˈkælkəˌlaɪt/ΚΠ
1801 tr. Klaproth's Ess. Min. Werner has given it the name Chalcolite.
1868 J. D. Dana Min. (1884) 586 Chalcolite has since crept back again, but is no more appropriate now than it was sixty years ago.
chalcoˈmenite n.
Brit. /ˌkalkəˈmiːnʌɪt/
, /ˌkalkəˈmiːnʌɪt/U.S. /ˌkælkəˈmiˌnaɪt/
[Greek μήνη the moon; named with reference to selenite, < σελήνη moon] a copper selenite from South America./ˌkælkəˈmiˌnaɪt/ΚΠ
1881 Nature 12 May 41/2 A new selenite of copper..Chalcomenite..occurs in the Argentine Republic.
chalˈcophacite n. /kælˈkɑfəˌsaɪt/ [Greek ϕακός lentil] a synonym for Liroconite, a native arseniate of copper, occurring in small lentil-shaped crystals.
Brit. /kalˈkɒfəsʌɪt/
, /kalˈkɒfəsʌɪt/U.S. /kælˈkɔfəˌsaɪt/
, /kælˈkɔfəˌsaɪt//kælˈkɑfəˌsaɪt/ΚΠ
1850 J. D. Dana Syst. Mineral. (ed. 3) 529 Chalcophacite.
chalˈcophanite n. /kælˈkɑfəˌnaɪt/ [Greek ϕαν- appearing, showing] a hydrous oxide of zinc and manganese, having sometimes a bronze-like lustre.
Brit. /kalˈkɒfənʌɪt/
, /kalˈkɒfənʌɪt/U.S. /kælˈkɔfəˌnaɪt/
, /kælˈkɔfəˌnaɪt//kælˈkɑfəˌnaɪt/ΚΠ
1875 Amer. Chemist July 1 On chalcophanite, a new mineral species.
chalcoˈphyllite n. /ˌkælkoʊˈfɪˌlaɪt/ [Greek ϕύλλον leaf: named 1847] a green, foliated arseniate of copper.
Brit. /ˌkalkə(ʊ)ˈfɪlʌɪt/
, /ˌkalkə(ʊ)ˈfɪlʌɪt/U.S. /ˌkælkəˈfɪˌlaɪt/
, /ˌkælkəˈfɪˌlaɪt//ˌkælkoʊˈfɪˌlaɪt/ΚΠ
1850 J. D. Dana Syst. Mineral. (ed. 3) 529 Chalcophyllite.
chalcoˈpyrrhotite n. /ˌkælkoʊˈpɪrəˌtaɪt/ [named 1870] a variety of pyrrhotite n. a sulphide of iron and copper, resembling chalcopyrite.
Brit. /ˌkalkə(ʊ)ˈpɪrətʌɪt/
, /ˌkalkə(ʊ)ˈpɪrətʌɪt/U.S. /ˌkælkəˈpɪrəˌtaɪt/
, /ˌkælkəˈpɪrəˌtaɪt//ˌkælkoʊˈpɪrəˌtaɪt/ΚΠ
1875 J. D. Dana Min. App. ii. 11 Chalcopyrrhotite.
chalcoˈsiderite n. /ˌkælkoʊˈsɪdəˌraɪt/ [Greek σίδηρος iron] a hydrous phosphate of copper and iron, a variety of Dufrenite.
Brit. /ˌkalkə(ʊ)ˈsɪdərʌɪt/
, /ˌkalkə(ʊ)ˈsɪdərʌɪt/U.S. /ˌkælkəˈsɪdəˌraɪt/
, /ˌkælkəˈsɪdəˌraɪt//ˌkælkoʊˈsɪdəˌraɪt/ΚΠ
1884 J. D. Dana Min. App. iii. 24 Chalcosiderite.
ˈchalcosine n. /ˈkalkəsɪn/,
Brit. /ˈkalkəsiːn/
, /ˈkalkəsiːn//ˈkalkəsɪn/U.S. /ˈkælkəˌsin/
[badly formed on Greek χαλκός + -ine suffix1] earlier name of chalcocite (see above)./ˈkælkəˌsin/ΚΠ
1835 C. U. Shepard Treat. Mineral. 123 Chalkosine.
chalcoˈstibite n. /ˌkælkoʊˈstɪˌbaɪt/ [Greek στίβι (στίμμι), sulphuret of antimony: named 1847] a rare sulphantimonide of copper.
Brit. /ˌkalkə(ʊ)ˈstɪbʌɪt/
, /ˌkalkə(ʊ)ˈstɪbʌɪt/U.S. /ˌkælkəˈstɪˌbaɪt/
, /ˌkælkəˈstɪˌbaɪt//ˌkælkoʊˈstɪˌbaɪt/ΚΠ
1868 J. D. Dana Syst. Mineral. (ed. 5) 85 Chalcostibite.
chalˈcotrichite n. /ˌkælkoʊˈtrɪˌkaɪt/ [Greek (θρίξ), τριχ- hair] a variety of cuprite occurring in acicular or capillary crystals, known as plush copper-ore.
Brit. /kalˈkɒtrᵻkʌɪt/
, /kalˈkɒtrᵻkʌɪt/U.S. /kælˈkɑtrəˌkaɪt/
, /kælˈkɑtrəˌkaɪt//ˌkælkoʊˈtrɪˌkaɪt/ΚΠ
1832 C. U. Shepard Treat. Mineral. 123 Chalkotrichite, the capillary variety of red copper ore.
1868 J. D. Dana Syst. Mineral. (ed. 5) 133 Capillary cuprite, chalcotrichite.
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chalcophil adj.
Brit. /ˈkalkəfɪl/
, /ˈkalkəfɪl/U.S. /ˈkælkəˌfɪl/
(also chalcophile) [ < German chalkophil (V. M. Goldschmidt 1923, in Skrifter utgit av Videnskapsselsk. I: Mat.-nat. Kl. iii. 7); see -phile comb. form 2] Geology and Chemistry applied to elements which are commonly found as sulphides or native and are supposed to have become concentrated in the mantle when the earth was molten; also as n., (a naturally occurring form of) such an element./ˈkælkəˌfɪl/ΘΚΠ
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chalcophil1923
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chalcophil1923
1923 Mineral. Abstr. II. 159 The chemical elements are divided into..: (1) Siderophil elements.. (2)Chalcophil elements of sulphide fusions, represented in meteorites by the troilite phase (S, Se, Te, Fe, Cu, Zn, Pb, As, Sb, Bi, Ag, Au, Hg, Pd, &c.); (3) Lithophil elements of silicate fusions.
1979 A. H. Brownlow Geochem. i. 31 The electrons of lithophile and chalcophile elements are more available; thus these elements tend to form ions.
1981 J. W. Buttle et al. Chem. (ed. 4) viii. 190 Metallic sulphides (chalcophils) would dissolve in the iron sulphide phase.
1984 N. N. Greenwood & A. Earnshaw Chem. of Elements (1986) xv. 760 The chalcophiles..are associated with copper, specifically as sulfides.
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