tyrolite

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noun

A hydrated calcium copper arsenate carbonate mineral that forms glassy blue to green orthorhombic radial crystals and botryoidal masses.

Scrabble 11

Meanings

nountyrolite (uncountable)
  1. uncountablechemistryA hydrated calcium copper arsenate carbonate mineral that forms glassy blue to green orthorhombic radial crystals and botryoidal masses.

Origin

From Tyrol (“place name in Austria, where it was discovered”) + -ite.

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APA

tyrolite. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tyrolite

MLA

“tyrolite.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tyrolite. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tyrolite,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tyrolite.

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