animikite
noun
anim·i·kite
əˈniməˌkīt
plural -s
: a mineral consisting of a silver antimonide occurring in white or gray granular masses
Word History
Etymology
animiki- (borrowed from a Northwestern Ojibwe cognate of Minnesota Ojibwe animiiki "thunderbird, thunderer", alluding to Thunder Bay, Lake Superior, Ontario, near which it was discovered) + -ite entry 1
First Known Use
circa 1894, in the meaning defined above