English

Noun

aciculite ‎(uncountable)

1. (mineralogy) A sulfide of bismuth, lead, and copper.

Synonyms

• (mineralogy): aikinite, needle ore, needle-ore, acicular bismuth, cupreous bismuth, patrinite

Hypernyms

• sulfide

See also

• Aikinite on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

• 1854, James D. Dana, A System of Mineralogy Comprising the Most Recent Discoveries, page 141
• 1875, The Popular Encyclopedia; or, Conversations Lexicon, half-volume 10, entry "NEEDLE-ORE", page 453
• aciculite in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• aciculite in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• aciculite at OneLook Dictionary Search