tetrahedrite

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A complex ore of copper, a mixed sulfide of copper, iron, zinc, silver and antimony.

Word forms

tetrahedrite tetrahedrites

Etymology

Named for its tetrahedral crystals in 1845.

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