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From Italian Rosas + -ite, after the Rosas mine in Sardinia, Italy.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing carbon, copper, hydrogen, oxygen, and zinc. Full definition →
From Italian Rosas + -ite, after the Rosas mine in Sardinia, Italy.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.