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A hydrothermal mineral that is a mixed sulfide of copper and vanadium.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: chemistry, geography, geology, mineralogy, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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History
Etymology tree Latin sulpur Latin sulfur Latin sulphur Anglo-Norman sulfrebor. Middle English sulphur English sulfur Proto-Indo-European *h1weh2-der. Proto-Germanic *wanaz Old Norse vanr Old Norse Vana Proto-Indo-European *dheh1- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *dhéh1sder. Proto-Germanic *dīsiz Old Norse dís Old Norse Dís Old Norse Vanadís Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ium New Latin vanadiumder. English vanadium Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)der. Latin -ītēsbor. French -iteder. English -ite blend English sulvanite Blend of sulfur + vanadium + -ite.
