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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a mineral consisting of sulfides of copper and iron that is found in copper deposits;
[syn: bornite, peacock ore]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Bornite \Bor"nite\, n. [Named after Von Born, a mineralogist.] (Min.) A valuable ore of copper, containing copper, iron, and sulphur; -- also called purple copper ore (or erubescite), in allusion to the colors shown upon the slightly tarnished surface. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

bornite n 1: a mineral consisting of sulfides of copper and iron that is found in copper deposits [syn: bornite, peacock ore]