acanthite

English

Acanthite

Etymology

Named in 1855, from Ancient Greek ἄκανθα (ákantha, “thorn”) +‎ -ite, because of the crystal shapes.[1][2]

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əˈkæn.θaɪt/
(US) IPA^(key): /əˈkæn.θaɪt/, /ˈæk.ənˌθaɪt/
Rhymes: -ænθaɪt

Noun

acanthite (uncountable)

(mineralogy) A mineral form of silver sulfide, Ag₂S, that is a major ore of silver, that forms slender prisms.

Translations

a mineral form of silver sulfide

Finnish: akantiitti
French: acanthite (fr) f
German: Akanthit (de) m
Italian: acantite f

Portuguese: acantita f
Spanish: acantita f

Further reading

“Acanthite” in David Barthelmy, Webmineral Mineralogy Database, 1997–.
“acanthite”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, accessed 29 August 2016.

James D. Dana:Dana's System of Mineralogy. Volume I, seventh edition, revised by Charles Palache, Harry Berman, and Clifford Frondel. John Wiley & Sons, 1944
Richard V. Gaines, H. Catherine W. Skinner, Eugene E. Foord, Brian Mason, and Abraham Rosenzweig: Dana's new mineralogy, John Wiley & Sons, 1997

Anagrams

anticheat

French

Noun

acanthite f (plural acanthites)

(mineralogy) acanthite

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