English Explanatory Dictionary

proustite

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A mineral, Ag₃AsS₃, often found with pyrargyrite in silver veins.

Word forms

proustite proustites

Etymology

Named after French chemist Joseph L. Proust (1754-1826) in 1832, + -ite.

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