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单词 bornite
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borniten.

Brit. /ˈbɔːnʌɪt/, U.S. /ˈbɔrˌnaɪt/
Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Born , -ite suffix1.
Etymology: < the name of Ignatius von Born (1742–91), Austrian mineralogist + -ite suffix1: compare quot. 1811.
Mineralogy.
A reddish-brown, copper-containing mineral with an iridescent purple surface, typically found in masses, less commonly as approximately cubic or dodecahedral crystals.Bornite is a sulphide of copper and iron, Cu5FeS4. Crystal system: orthorhombic.
Also called erubescite. Cf. peacock copper n. at peacock n. and adj. Compounds 2, purple copper ore n. at purple adj. and n. Compounds 1b(c).
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1811 J. Pinkerton Petralogy II. 584 It rests on crystallised quartz, covering the decomposed porphyry, called saxum metalliferum by Born, and here styled bornite, in honour of that great mineralogist.
1877 Encycl. Brit. VI. 347/2 Erubescite, bornite, or horseflesh ore is a sulphide of copper and iron much richer in copper than the ordinary pyrites.
1946 J. R. Partington Gen. & Inorg. Chem. xiii. 325 The commonest ores of copper are sulphides of copper and iron: chalcopyrite..and bornite or erubescite or variegated copper ore.
2011 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 108 9004/2 Values close to zero argue for the incorporation of metal from high-temperature ores into Mexican coins, possibly bornite or chalcopyrite.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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