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tennantite

[ ten-uhn-tahyt ]

noun

  1. a mineral, copper arsenic sulfide, approximately Cu 3 AsS 3 : a copper ore and an end member of a series of solid solutions into which antimony enters to form tetrahedrite.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of tennantite1

1830–40; after S. Tennant; -ite 1

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