samsonite

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A black, monoclinic silver manganese antimony sulfosalt mineral.

Word forms

samsonite

Etymology

From Samson + -ite, after an occurrence in the Samson Vein of the Sankt Andreasberg silver mines, Harz Mountains, Germany.

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