horsforditen.
/ˈhɔːsfədʌɪt/ Mineralogy.
A brittle, silvery-white antimonide of copper, perhaps Cu5Sb.
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horsfordite1888
stibiopalladinite1929
1888 Laist & Norton in Amer. Chem. Jrnl. X. 62 This new mineral is named horsfordite, in honor of Professor Horsford, formerly Rumford Professor of Chemistry at Harvard University.
1923 J. W. Mellor Comprehensive Treat. Inorg. & Theoret. Chem. III. xxi. 7 The antimonide: horsfordite, Cu6Sb.
1970 Min. Abstr. XXI. 340/2 The properties of cuprostibite are compared with and differ considerably from those of horsfordite, chalcostibite, tetrahedrite, and famatinite.
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