keweenawite

Meaning

Noun

  • A copper ore and discredited mineral species composed of arsenic, copper, nickel, and cobalt.

Origin

  • Keweenaw + -ite, after discovery locality in the Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan, United States.

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