Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Melaconite"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Melaconite \Me*lac"o*nite\, n. [Gr. me`las black + ? dust.]
(Min.)
An earthy black oxide of copper, arising from the
decomposition of other ores.
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