tetrahedrite

[ te-truh-hee-drahyt ]

/ ˌtɛ trəˈhi draɪt /

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noun

a steel-gray or blackish mineral with a brilliant metallic luster, essentially copper and antimony sulfide, (Cu, Fe, Zn, Ag,)12 Sb4S13, an end member of a series of solid solutions into which arsenic enters to form tennantite: mined as an ore of copper and silver.

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Origin of tetrahedrite

1865–70; tetrahedr(on) + -ite¹, modeled on German Tetraedrit

Words nearby tetrahedrite

tetragonal, tetragonal trisoctahedron, tetragram, Tetragrammaton, tetrahedral, tetrahedrite, tetrahedron, tetrahydrate, tetrahydric, tetrahydrocannabidinol, tetrahydrocannabinol

How to use tetrahedrite in a sentence

In external form these crystals are cubic with inclined hemihedrism, the symmetry being the same as in blende and tetrahedrite.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2|Various
Tetrahedrite, blende, diamond, boracite and pharmacosiderite are substances which crystallize in this class.
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British Dictionary definitions for tetrahedrite

tetrahedrite

/ (ˌtɛtrəˈhiːdraɪt) /

noun

a grey metallic mineral consisting of a sulphide of copper, iron, and antimony, often in the form of tetrahedral crystals: it is a source of copper. Formula: (Cu,Fe) 12 Sb 4 S 13

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