tetrahedrite

English
Tetrahedrite

Etymology

Named for its tetrahedral crystals in 1845.[1]

Noun

tetrahedrite (countable and uncountable, plural tetrahedrites)

  1. (mineralogy) A complex ore of copper, a mixed sulfide of copper, iron, zinc, silver and antimony.

Translations

Further reading
  • “Tetrahedrite” in David Barthelmy, Webmineral Mineralogy Database, 1997–.
  • “tetrahedrite”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, accessed 29 August 2016.
  1. Richard V. Gaines, H. Catherine W. Skinner, Eugene E. Foord, Brian Mason, and Abraham Rosenzweig: Dana's new mineralogy, John Wiley & Sons, 1997.
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