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Tetrahedrite
Tetˊra-he′drite
,Noun.
[So called because the crystals of the species are commonly
tetrahedrons
.] (Min.)
A sulphide of antimony and copper, with small quantities of other metals. It is a very common ore of copper, and some varieties yield a considerable presentage of silver. Called also
gray copper ore
, fahlore
, and panabase
. Definition 2024
tetrahedrite
tetrahedrite
English
Tetrahedrite
Noun
tetrahedrite (countable and uncountable, plural tetrahedrites)
- ↑ Richard V. Gaines, H. Catherine W. Skinner, Eugene E. Foord, Brian Mason, and Abraham Rosenzweig: Dana's new mineralogy, John Wiley & Sons, 1997.