petzite

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English

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Etymology

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Petz +‎ -ite, after chemist W. Petz.

Noun

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petzite (countable and uncountable, plural petzites)

  1. (mineralogy) A soft, steel-gray isometric telluride mineral generally deposited by hydrothermal activity and usually associated with rare tellurium and gold minerals.

Further reading

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  • David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Petzite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
  • “petzite”, in Mindat.org‎[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.
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