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Definition of Erinite
1. n. A hydrous arseniate of copper, of an emerald-green color; -- so called from Erin, or Ireland, where it occurs.
Definition of Erinite
1. Noun. (minerology) A hydrous copper arseniate of an emerald-green colour. ¹
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Definition of Erinite
1. a basic arsenate of copper [n -S]
Medical Definition of Erinite
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Erinite
Literary usage of Erinite
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Edinburgh Journal of Science by Sir David Brewster (1828)
"... ground of comparison between the two catalogues, of which comparison the
results are stated." ART. XIII.—Description of erinite, a New Mineral Species. ..."
2. The Edinburgh Journal of Science by Royal Society of Edinburgh (1828)
"For the name of erinite, which is here proposed for this mineral, the mineralogical
public ... erinite is associated with two of the species containing ar- ..."
3. Journal by Royal Institution of Cornwall, William Sorell (1889)
"... in Crystals erinite on Azurite erinite on Massive Emu-trite ... on erinite
Azurite altered to erinite ..."
4. The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana, 1837-1868: Descriptive Mineralogy by James Dwight Dana, Edward Salisbury Dana (1920)
"erinite is a yellowish red clayey mineral from the Giant's Causeway; G. = 2'04;
opaque: a little resinous in luster; unctuous; BB infusible, but whitens. ..."
5. Bulletin by Geological Survey (U.S.) (1910)
"Described by erinite. From the Mammoth mine, Tintic district, Utah. Described by
Hillebrand and Washington in Bull. 55. Analyses by WF Hillebrand. ..."
6. Catalogue of Minerals by George L. English, & co (1890)
"Very commonly these little globules are closely aggregated, sometimes completely
covering large surfaces of the rock. Like erinite ..."
7. Analyses of Rocks and Minerals from the Laboratory of the United States by Frank Wigglesworth Clarke (1915)
"erinite. From the Mammoth mine, Tintic district, Utah. Described by Hillebrand
and Washington in Bull. 55. Analyses by WF Hillebrand. ..."
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