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noun
MineralogyA sulphide and selenide of mercury occurring as lustrous black masses.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in James Nicol (1810–1879), geologist. From German Onofrit from the name of San Onofre in Mexico, where it was first identified + -it.
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