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GERMANITE
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
A rare reddish-grey mineral consisting of a copper iron germanium sulfide
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("germanite" is a kind of...):
mineral (solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition)
Meronyms (substance of "germanite"):
atomic number 32; Ge; germanium (a brittle grey crystalline element that is a semiconducting metalloid (resembling silicon) used in transistors; occurs in germanite and argyrodite)