A rare mineral containing copper and other elements, found in specific geological deposits.
From Cumbria, a region in northwestern England where the mineral was first identified, plus the mineral suffix -ite. The name honors the geographic location of its discovery.
Mineral names often commemorate the places they're found, creating a geological map written in rock names—cumbraite is one of thousands of minerals named after their birthplaces, making the Earth's crust a repository of place-name geology.
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