Cuprite Definition

Cuprite Sentence Examples

• The principal ores of copper are the oxides cuprite and melaconite, the carbonates malachite and chessylite, the basic chloride atacamite, the silicate chrysocolla, the sulphides chalcocite, chalcopyrite, erubescite and tetrahedrite.

• Cuprite occurs in most cupriferous mines, but never by itself in large quantities.

• Cuprous oxide, Cu 2 0, occurs in nature as the mineral cuprite (q.v.).

• These mountains are still the chief source of copper, but the ores, chiefly cuprite, malachite and chrysocolla, are also found in various parts of the Piedmont region.