tennantiten.
/ˈtɛnəntʌɪt/ Mineralogy.
A sulph-arsenide of copper and iron, closely related to tetrahedrite (Chester).
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1839 H. T. De la Beche Rep. Geol. Cornwall xv. 590 From among them tennantite has been separated by Phillips.
1851 G. A. Mantell Petrifactions ii. §1. 78 In this case are specimens of..variegated copper ore; Tennantite.
1900 L. Fletcher in Brit. Mus. Return 156 A crystallographic and chemical research.., the result of which has been to establish the specific identity of Binnite and Tennantite.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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