empressite

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English

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Etymology

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Empress Josephine Mine, Colorado, where it was discovered, +‎ -ite.

Noun

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empressite (plural empressites)

  1. (mineralogy) A rare hexagonal mineral form of silver telluride.

Further reading

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