boulangerite
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of boulangerite
Named after C. L. Boulanger (1810–49), French mining engineer; see -ite 1
Example Sentences
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Antimony, however, occurs chiefly as the sulphide, stibnite; to a much smaller extent it occurs in combination with other metallic sulphides in the minerals wolfsbergite, boulangerite, bournonite, pyrargyrite, &c.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" by Various
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