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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A mineral, a sulphid of silver having the same composition as argentite, but differing in crystalline form: found at Freiberg, Saxony.
Wiktionary
- n. mineralogy A mineral form of silver sulfide, Ag2S, that is a major ore of silver, that forms slender prisms.
Etymologies
- Named in 1855, from the Greek ἄκανθα (akantha) "thorn", because of the crystal shapes. (Wiktionary)
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Minerals and Mineralogy
List of minerals, elements, group names and geochemistry terms encountered in the science of mineralogy. I've chosen to avoid capital letters in most examples, though a great many mineral names hon...
galkhaite, xanthoconite, pyrostilpnite, polybasite, pyrargyrite, djurleite, digenite, covellite, chalcocite, cerargirite, acanthite, aeschynite and 2608 more...
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