单词 | petzite |
释义 | petziten. Mineralogy. A rare mineral of the cubic crystal system consisting of a telluride of silver and gold with the approximate formula Ag3AuTe2, and occurring as metallic grey to black masses. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > sulphides and related minerals > [noun] > argentite group > silver telluride hessite1849 petzite1849 telluric silver1855 empressite1914 1849 J. Nicol Man. Mineral. 477 The petzite of Haidinger is the same species. 1868 J. D. Dana Syst. Mineral. (ed. 5) 51 Petzite... Differs from hessite in gold replacing much of the silver... Color between steel-gray and iron-black, sometimes with pavonine tarnish. 1959 Amer. Mineralogist 44 695 Petzite is a compound with a definite silver-to-gold ratio. 1992 U.S. Geol. Surv. Bull. No. 1975. 163 The primary ore minerals include sphalerite, galena..and petzite. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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