Bournonite

Bournonite
Bournonite Bour"non*ite, n. [Named after Count Bournon, a mineralogist.] (Min.) A mineral of a steel-gray to black color and metallic luster, occurring crystallized, often in twin crystals shaped like cogwheels (wheel ore), also massive. It is a sulphide of antimony, lead, and copper. [1913 Webster]

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  • Bournonite — Catégorie II : sulfures et sulfosels[1] Bournonite Les Malines, Gard, France (XX 6x5cm) …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Bournonite — is a sulfosalt mineral species, a sulfantimonite of lead and copper with the formula PbCuSbS3. It was first mentioned by Philip Rashleigh in 1797 as an ore of antimony, and was more completely described by the comte de Bournon in 1804, after whom …   Wikipedia

  • bournonite — [buʀnɔnit] n. f. ÉTYM. 1903, in Rev. gén. des sc., no 3, p. 164; de Bournon, minéralogiste français, 1751 1825. ❖ ♦ Minér. Sulfure naturel de plomb, d antimoine et de cuivre …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • bournonite — burnonitas statusas T sritis chemija apibrėžtis Mineralas. formulė CuPbSbS₃ atitikmenys: angl. bournonite rus. бурнонит …   Chemijos terminų aiškinamasis žodynas

  • bournonite — /bawr neuh nuyt , bohr , boor /, n. Mineral. a sulfide of lead, antimony, and copper, PbCuSbS3, occurring in gray to black crystals or granular masses. Also called cogwheel ore. [1795 1805; named after Count J. L. de Bournon (d. 1825), French… …   Universalium

  • bournonite — noun A sulfosalt mineral, a sulfantimonite of lead and copper …   Wiktionary

  • bournonite — bour·non·ite …   English syllables

  • bournonite — /ˈbɔnənaɪt/ (say bawnuhnuyt) noun a mineral sulphide of lead, copper, and antimony; occurring in wheel shaped twins; wheel ore. {from the name of its discoverer, Count Bournon (d. 1825) + ite1} …  

  • bournonite — ˈbōrnəˌnīt, ˈbȯr , ˈbu̇r noun ( s) Etymology: Count J.L.deBournon died 1825 French mineralogist + English ite : a mineral PbCuSbS3 consisting of a steel gray or black metallic looking sulfide of antimony, lead, and copper occurring in… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Berthonite — Bournonite Bournonite Catégorie II : sulfures et sulfosels Bournonite Les Malines, Saint Laurent le Minier, Gard France (XX 6x5cm) …   Wikipédia en Français

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