Crossword-Solution: BORNITE
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Bornite | n. | A valuable ore of copper, containing copper, iron, and sulphur; -- also called purple copper ore (or erubescite), in allusion to the colors shown upon the slightly tarnished surface. |
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| Word | Anagrams | |
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| BORNITE | anagram | ROBINET |
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| Valuable ore of copper. | 1 answer |
| peacock ore | 1 answer |
| type of mineral | 18 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
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greedy person
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Sentences with BORNITE (5)
Erubescite (q.v.), bornite, or horseflesh ore is much richer in copper than the ordinary pyrites, and contains 56 or 57% of copper.
For example, all the specimens of bornite and pyrrhotite examined yielded sulphuretted hydrogen with tartaric, citric, and oxalic acids, but chalcopyrite and pyrite do not.
Antimony sulphide, 428 Pestilential vapours, =216= Sifting ore in, =293= Smelting, =384= Bone-ash, =230=; 466 Borax, 560; 221; 110 Method of manufacture, =560= Use in gold smelting, =444=; =457=; =464= Use in assaying, =245=; =246= Bornite, 109 Boundary Stones, =87=; 129 Boundaries, =77=; =147= Bowls for Alluvial Washing, =322=; =324=; =334=; =336= Brass, 410; 354; 2 Ancient methods of making, 404-405; 112 Breaking Ore, =117-119= Brick Dust.
Along these fault planes occur bunches of copper ore, principally variegated pyrites (bornite), chalcopyrite, and a black “earthy” sulphide, having a shining streak, not sectile, probably a variety of copper glance.
Other important sulphides include:— _Bornite_ (Erubescite, Peacock copper ore), 3Cu_{2}S.Fe_{2}S_{3}, occurring in Cornwall, which passes with depth into chalcopyrite.
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Appears in: NYT.
Used 1 time in crossword archives (1946).