panabasen.
/ˈpanəbeɪs/, U.S. /ˈpænəˌbeɪs/ Mineralogy. rare. Now disused.
A grey mineral consisting of a sulphide of copper, antimony, and other elements. Now called tetrahedrite.
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grey copper1590
fahlerz1796
panabase1839
tennantite1839
fieldite1856
freibergite1856
tetrahedrite1868
panabasite1876
malinowskite1878
frigidite1887
schwatzite1887
1833 Rep. 1st & 2nd Meetings Brit. Assoc. Advancem. Sci. 1831–2 362 The termination ite has hitherto been most common: but ose, ine, and various others, appear to be coming into favour. Thus we have in Beudant's last edition..panabase, [etc.].]
1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 336 Gray copper ore called Panabase, from the number of metallic bases which it contains.
1896 A. H. Chester Dict. Names Minerals Panabase,..because of the number of bases which may replace one another in its composition.
1971 Mineral. Mag. 38 104 Recommendations of the Commission on minerals for which more than one name is in common use... Tetrahedrite, not panabase or fahlerz.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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