English Explanatory Dictionary

petzite

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

petzite petzites

Etymology

From Petz + -ite, after chemist W. Petz.

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