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Hydrated blue crystalline form of copper sulfate
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chalcanthite
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n. (context mineral English) A mineral form of copper sulfate, coppersulfuroxygen 4 .
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Chalcanthite , whose name derives from the Greek, chalkos and anthos , meaning copper flower, is a richly-colored blue/green water-soluble sulfate mineral CuSO·5HO. It is commonly found in the late-stage oxidation zones of copper deposits. Due to its ready ...
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n. hydrated blue crystalline form of copper sulfate [syn: blue vitriol , blue copperas , blue stone ]
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Chalcanthite \Chal*can"thite\, n. [L. chalcanthum a solution of blue vitriol, Gr. ?.] (Min.) Native blue vitriol. See Blue vitriol , under Blue .