polydymite

English

Noun

polydymite (usually uncountable, plural polydymites)

  1. (mineralogy) An isometric supergene sulfide mineral, dark violet gray to copper-red, associated with the weathering of primary pentlandite nickel sulfide.

Further reading
  • “Polydymite” in David Barthelmy, Webmineral Mineralogy Database, 1997–.
  • “polydymite”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, accessed 29 August 2016.
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