Definitions for covellite

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covellite co·vel·lite

Spelling: [koh-vel-ahyt, koh-vuh-lahyt]

IPA: /koʊˈvɛl aɪt, ˈkoʊ vəˌlaɪt/

Covellite is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 244 anagrams from letters in covellite (ceeillotv).

Definitions for covellite

noun

1. a mineral, copper sulfide, CuS, indigo in color and usually occurring as a massive coating on other copper minerals.

Origin of covellite

1840-50; named after Nicolò Covelli (1790-1829), Italian mineralogist who found it; see -ite¹

Examples for covellite

Copper-glance readily alters to other minerals, such as malachite, covellite, melaconite and chalcopyrite.