Definition of chessylite. Meaning of chessylite. Synonyms of chessylite

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Definition of chessylite

chessylite
Chessy copper Ches`sy" cop"per (Min.) The mineral azurite, found in fine crystallization at Chessy, near Lyons; called also chessylite.

Meaning of chessylite from wikipedia

- copper ore deposits. During the early 19th century, it was also known as chessylite, after the type locality at Chessy-les-Mines near Lyon, France. The mineral...
- Chessy-les-Mines is the type locality of the mineral azurite, also known as "chessylite." The species was redescribed and renamed in 1824 by François-Sulpice...