zeunerite, n.

zeunerite
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Revised 2018

# zeuneritenoun

## Earlier version

- zeunerite in OED Second Edition (1989)

## Factsheet

### What does the noun zeunerite mean?

There is one meaning in OED's entry for the noun zeunerite. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.

### How common is the noun zeunerite?

Fewer than 0.01occurrences per million words in modern written English

1900 | 0.0004
1910 | 0.0007
1920 | 0.0014
1930 | 0.0013
1940 | 0.0013
1950 | 0.0012
1960 | 0.0013
1970 | 0.0013
1980 | 0.0011
1990 | 0.0005
2000 | 0.0004
2010 | 0.0003

### How is the noun zeunerite pronounced?

#### British English

/ˈzɔɪnərʌɪt/
ZOY-nuh-right
/ˈz(j)uːnərʌɪt/
ZYOO-nuh-right

#### U.S. English

/ˈzunəˌraɪt/
ZOO-nuh-right
/ˈzɔɪnəˌraɪt/
ZOY-nuh-right

### Where does the noun zeunerite come from?

Earliest known use

1870s

The earliest known use of the noun zeunerite is in the 1870s.

OED's earliest evidence for zeunerite is from 1873, in Journal of Chemical Society.

zeunerite is a borrowing from German.

Etymons: German Zeunerit.

### Nearby entries

1. Zeuglodon, n. 1839–
2. zeuglodont, n. & adj. 1850–
3. zeuglodontoid, adj. & n. 1891
4. zeugma, n. c1450–
5. zeugmatic, adj. 1851–
6. zeugmatical, adj. 1610–
7. zeugmatically, adv. 1616–
8. zeugmatogram, n. 1973–
9. zeugmatographic, adj. 1973–
10. zeugmatography, n. 1973–
11. zeunerite, n.1873–
12. Zeus, n.¹ 1587–
13. Zeus, n.² 1601–
14. Zeus-like, adj. & adv. 1850–
15. Zeuxian, adj. 1635–
16. Zeuxis, n. 1577–
17. Zeuxis-like, adj. 1665–
18. zeuxite, n. 1836–
19. zeze, n. 1860–
20. Zhdanovism, n. 1958–
21. Zhdanovist, adj. 1966–

## Etymology

### Summary

A borrowing from German.
Etymon: German Zeunerit.
< German Zeunerit (A. J. Weisbach 1872, in Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geologie u. Paläontologie 207) < the name of Gustav Anton Zeuner (1828–1907), German physicist and engineer + German ‑it ‑ite suffix1…
< German Zeunerit (A. J. Weisbach 1872, in Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geologie u. Paläontologie 207) < the name of Gustav Anton Zeuner (1828–1907), German physicist and engineer + German ‑it ‑ite suffix1.

### Notes

Zeuner, director of the Mining Academy in Freiberg, Saxony, 1871–5, was a pupil of A. J. Weisbach's father, J. L. Weisbach.

## Meaning & use

Mineralogy.

1. 1873–
   A mineral consisting of a hydrated arsenate of uranium and copper, typically occurring as bright green prisms.
   Formula: Cu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·xH2O. Crystal system: tetragonal. Two species are now distinguished: Weisbach's original mineral, in which x = 8, is called metazeunerite, with zeunerite denoting more hydrated forms (x = 10–16).
   1. 1873

      > Arseniferous Uranium Mica (Zeunerite) from Joachimsthal.

      Journal of Chemical Society vol. 26 1010
   2. 1922

      > Here and there are small crystals of bright-green zeunerite.

      Engin. & Mining Jrnl.-Press 12 August 274/2
   3. 1951

      > In order to maintain parallelism of nomenclature, the name metazeunerite is here given to the species and the name zeunerite proper is held in reserve status for natural occurrences of the 10–16 H2O hydrate that later may be demonstrated.

      C. Palache et al., Dana's System of Mineralogy (ed. 7) vol. II. 989
   4. 1973

      > Torbernite,..Cannot be distinguished at sight from metatorbernite, zeunerite, or metazeunerite.

      L. J. Garside, Radioactive Mineral Occurr. Nevada 111/1
   5. 2011

      > It has produced specimens of..quartz, and zeunerite.

      W. A. Kappele, Rockhounding Nevada (ed. 2) 31
   minerals
   1. trögerite 1872–
      A hydrous arseniate of uranium, occurring in thin lemon-yellow tabular crystals.
   2. walpurgite 1872–
      A hydrous arsenate of bismuth and uranium found as yellow, translucent or transparent triclinic crystals.
   3. zeunerite 1873–
      A mineral consisting of a hydrated arsenate of uranium and copper, typically occurring as bright green prisms.
   4. hügelite 1914–
      A yellow or brown mineral originally described as a hydrated vanadate of lead and zinc but later shown to be a hydrated arsenate of lead and uranium.
   5. nováčekite 1951–
      A hydrated tetragonal oxide and arsenate of magnesium and uranium, Mg(UO2)2(AsO4)2.12H2O, which is a member of the autunite group and occurs as…
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## Pronunciation

### British English

/ˈzɔɪnərʌɪt/
ZOY-nuh-right
/ˈz(j)uːnərʌɪt/
ZYOO-nuh-right

### U.S. English

/ˈzunəˌraɪt/
ZOO-nuh-right
/ˈzɔɪnəˌraɪt/
ZOY-nuh-right

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##### Consonants

- ppea
- ttea
- kkey
- bbuy
- ddye
- ɡguy
- tʃchore
- dʒjay
- ffore
- θthaw
- ssore
- ʃshore
- vvee
- ðthee
- zzee
- ʒbeige
- xloch
- hhay
- llay
- ɬrhingyll
- rray
- wway
- jyore
- mmay
- nnay
- ŋsing

Some consonants can take the function of the vowel in unstressed syllables. Where necessary, a syllabic marker diacritic is used, hence /ˈpɛtl/ but /ˈpɛtl̩i/.

##### Vowels

- iːfleece
- ihappy
- ɪkit
- ɛdress
- atrap, bath
- ɑːstart, palm, bath
- ɒlot
- ɔːthought, force
- ʌstrut
- ʊfoot
- uːgoose
- əletter
- əːnurse
- ɪənear
- ɛːsquare
- ʊəcure
- eɪface
- ʌɪpride
- aʊmouth
- əʊgoat
- ɔɪvoice
- ãgratin
- ɒ̃salon
- ᵻ(/ɪ/-/ə/)
- ᵿ(/ʊ/-/ə/)

##### Other symbols

- The symbol ˈ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with primary stress.
- The symbol ˌ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with secondary stress.
- Round brackets ( ) in a transcription indicate that the symbol within the brackets is optional.

View the pronunciation model here.

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##### Consonants

- ppea
- ttea
- kkey
- bbuy
- ddye*
- ɡguy
- tʃchore
- dʒjay
- ffore
- θthaw
- ssore
- ʃshore
- vvee
- ðthee
- zzee
- ʒbeige
- xloch
- hhay
- llay
- rray
- wway
- jyore
- mmay
- nnay
- ŋsing

* /d/ also represents a 'tapped' /t/ as in

Some consonants can take the function of the vowel in unstressed syllables. Where necessary, a syllabic marker diacritic is used, hence /ˈpɛd(ə)l/ but /ˈpɛdl̩i/.

##### Vowels

- ifleece, happy
- ɪkit
- ɛdress
- ætrap, bath
- ɑlot, palm, cloth, thought
- ɑrstart
- ɔcloth, thought
- ɔrnorth, force
- ʊfoot
- ugoose
- əstrut, comma
- ərnurse, letter
- ɪ(ə)rnear
- ɛ(ə)rsquare
- ʊ(ə)rcure
- eɪface
- aɪpride
- aʊmouth
- oʊgoat
- ɔɪvoice
- ɑ̃gratin
- æ̃salon
- ᵻ(/ɪ/-/ə/)
- ᵿ(/ʊ/-/ə/)

##### Other symbols

- The symbol ˈ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with primary stress.
- The symbol ˌ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with secondary stress.
- Round brackets ( ) in a transcription indicate that the symbol within the brackets is optional.

View the pronunciation model here.

####

Simple text respell breaks words into syllables, separated by a hyphen. The syllable which carries the primary stress is written in capital letters. This key covers both British and U.S. English Simple Text Respell.

##### Consonants

b, d, f, h, k, l, m, n, p, r, s, t, v, w and z have their standard English values

- gguy
- jjay
- yyore
- chchore
- khloch
- shshore
- ththaw
- dhthee
- zhbeige

##### Vowels

- atrap
- ahpalm
- airsquare
- arstart
- arrcarry (British only)
- awthought
- ayface
- a(ng)gratin
- edress
- eefleece
- eerdeer
- errmerry
- ikit
- ighpride
- irrmirror
- olot (British only)
- ohgoat
- oogoose
- oorcure
- orforce
- orrsorry (British only)
- owmouth
- oyvoice
- o(ng)salon
- ustrut
- uhletter
- urnurse
- urrhurry
- uufoot

## Frequency

zeunerite typically occurs fewer than 0.01 times per million words in modern written English.

zeunerite is in frequency band 1, which contains words occurring fewer than 0.001 times per million words in modern written English. More about OED's frequency bands

Frequency data is computed programmatically, and should be regarded as an estimate.

### Frequency of zeunerite, n., 1900–2010

* Occurrences per million words in written English

Historical frequency series are derived from Google Books Ngrams (version 2), a data set based on the Google Books corpus of several million books printed in English between 1500 and 2010.

The overall frequency for a given word is calculated by summing frequencies for the main form of the word, any plural or inflected forms, and any major spelling variations.

For sets of homographs (distinct entries that share the same word-form, e.g. mole, n.¹, mole, n.², mole, n.³, etc.), we have estimated the frequency of each homograph entry as a fraction of the total Ngrams frequency for the word-form. This may result in inaccuracies.

Smoothing has been applied to series for lower-frequency words, using a moving-average algorithm. This reduces short-term fluctuations, which may be produced by variability in the content of the Google Books corpus.

Decade | Frequency per million words
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1900 | 0.0004
1910 | 0.0007
1920 | 0.0014
1930 | 0.0013
1940 | 0.0013
1950 | 0.0012
1960 | 0.0013
1970 | 0.0013
1980 | 0.0011
1990 | 0.0005
2000 | 0.0004
2010 | 0.0003

zeunerite, n. was revised in June 2018.

zeunerite, n. was last modified in December 2024.