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proustite

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English

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Proustite
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Etymology

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Named after French chemist Joseph L. Proust (1754-1826) in 1832, +‎ -ite.[1]

Noun

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proustite (usually uncountable, plural proustites)

  1. (mineralogy) A mineral, Ag3AsS3, often found with pyrargyrite in silver veins.

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Further reading

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  • David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Proustite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
  • “proustite”, in Mindat.org‎[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.
  1. ^ Richard V. Gaines, H. Catherine W. Skinner, Eugene E. Foord, Brian Mason, and Abraham Rosenzweig: Dana's new mineralogy, John Wiley & Sons, 1997
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