chalcanthite

English

Chalcanthite

Etymology

From its old Latin name chalcanthum "flowers of copper".[1]

Noun

chalcanthite (usually uncountable, plural chalcanthites)

(mineralogy) A mineral form of copper sulfate, Cu S O₄.

Synonyms

bluestone

Translations

mineral

Finnish: kalkantiitti
French: chalcantite (fr) f
German: Chalkanthit (de) m
Italian: calcantite f

Japanese: 胆礬 (たんばん, tanban)
Portuguese: calcantite f, calcantita f
Spanish: calcantita f

Further reading

“Chalcanthite” in David Barthelmy, Webmineral Mineralogy Database, 1997–.
“chalcanthite”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, accessed 29 August 2016.

James D. Dana: Dana's System of Mineralogy. Volume II, seventh edition, revised by Charles Palache, Harry Berman, and Clifford Frondel. John Wiley & Sons, 1951

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