canfielditen.
/ˈkanfiːldʌɪt/ Mineralogy.
A rare sulphide of silver and tin.
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1893 S. L. Penfield in Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 146 113 There can be no doubt that canfieldite and argyrodite have the same chemical composition.
1894 S. L. Penfield in Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 147 454 As the Freiberg argyrodite has been shown to be isometric, and the name canfieldite cannot therefore be applied to the germanium compound, it is proposed now to transfer the name to the new isomorphous tin compound.
1957 Encycl. Brit. II. 340/1 Isomorphous with argyrodite is the corresponding tin compound Ag8SnS6, also found in Bolivia as cubic crystals, and known by the name canfieldite.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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