tenoriten.
/ˈtɛnərʌɪt/ Mineralogy.
Black oxide of copper, found in thin iron-black scales on lava at Vesuvius: see quot.
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copper ore1713
melaconise1839
melaconite1850
tenorite1865
Chile copper1888
paramelaconite1892
1865 Maskelyne in Athenæum No. 1980. 472/3 Crystallised Melaconite and Tenorite.
1868 J. D. Dana Syst. Mineral. (ed. 5) 804 As the names tenorite and melaconite were given the same year, and tenorite was made non-isometric (hexagonal) by its describer, it appears to be right that tenorite should be sustained for the above mineral, and melaconite be left for the isometric kind, if any such proves to be a native species.
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