tetrahedrite

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English[edit]

Tetrahedrite

Etymology[edit]

Named for its tetrahedral crystals in 1845.^[1]

Noun[edit]

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tetrahedrite

tetrahedrite (countable and uncountable, plural tetrahedrites)

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

Translations[edit]

mineral

Bulgarian: тетраедрит m (tetraedrit)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 黝銅礦／黝铜矿 (zh) (yǒutóngkuàng)
Finnish: tetraedriitti

Further reading[edit]

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

^ 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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