petzite

English

Etymology

From Petz +‎ -ite, after chemist W. Petz.

Noun

petzite (countable and uncountable, plural petzites)

1. (mineralogy) A soft, steel-gray isometric telluride mineral generally deposited by hydrothermal activity and usually associated with rare tellurium and gold minerals.

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Petzite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “petzite”, in Mindat.org‎^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.