"calaverite" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: calaverites [plural]
Etymology: Calaveras + -ite. Named for Calaveras County, California, USA; where it was first discovered. From Spanish calavera. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|Calaveras|ite}} Calaveras + -ite, {{m|en|Calaveras County}} Calaveras County, {{der|en|es|calavera}} Spanish calavera Head templates: {{en-noun}} calaverite (plural calaverites)
  1. (mineralogy) A mineral form of gold telluride (AuTe₂). Wikipedia link: calaverite Categories (topical): Gold, Minerals, Tellurium Hypernyms: gold telluride, AuTe2 Coordinate_terms: krennerite (alt: AuTe2) Translations (mineral form): calaverita [feminine] (Catalan), kalaveriitti (Finnish)

Inflected forms

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