stephaniten.
/ˈstɛfənʌɪt/ Mineralogy.
Sulphantimonide of silver, black in colour and very brittle.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > sulphides and related minerals > sulpho-salts > [noun] > silver antimony sulphide
rosicler1622
miargyrite1836
stephanite1849
polyargyrite1872
1849 J. Nicol Man. Mineral. 493.
1877 R. W. Raymond Statistics Mines & Mining 195 A 50-foot quartz-vein, carrying disseminated stephanite.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
<
n.1849