tetrahedrite

English

Tetrahedrite

Etymology

Named for its tetrahedral crystals in 1845.[1]

Noun

tetrahedrite (countable and uncountable, plural tetrahedrites)

  1. (mineralogy) A complex ore of copper, a mixed sulfide of copper, iron, zinc, silver and antimony.

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Further reading

  1. Richard V. Gaines, H. Catherine W. Skinner, Eugene E. Foord, Brian Mason, and Abraham Rosenzweig: Dana's new mineralogy, John Wiley & Sons, 1997.
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