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    PEACOCK ORE

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A mineral consisting of sulfides of copper and iron that is found in copper depositsplay

    Synonyms:

    bornite; peacock ore

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    Nouns denoting substances

    Hypernyms ("peacock ore" is a kind of...):

    mineral (solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition)

    Meronyms (substance of "peacock ore"):

    atomic number 29; copper; Cu (a ductile malleable reddish-brown corrosion-resistant diamagnetic metallic element; occurs in various minerals but is the only metal that occurs abundantly in large masses; used as an electrical and thermal conductor)

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