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emplectite

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[em-plek-tahyt] / ɛmˈplɛk taɪt /

noun

  1. a mineral, copper and bismuth sulfide, occurring in the form of thin gray prisms, found with quartz.


Etymology

Origin of emplectite

1855–60; < Greek émplekt ( os ) inwoven ( em- em- 2 + plek-, stem of plékein to plait + -tos adj. suffix) + -ite 1

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