tetrahedrite

English

Tetrahedrite

Etymology

Named for its tetrahedral crystals in 1845.

Noun

tetrahedrite (countable and uncountable, plural tetrahedrites)

1. (mineralogy) A complex ore of copper, a mixed sulfide of copper, iron, zinc, silver and antimony.

Translations

mineral

• Bulgarian: тетраедрит m (tetraedrit)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 黝銅礦 / 黝铜矿 (zh) (yǒutóngkuàng)

• Finnish: tetraedriitti

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2025) “Tetrahedrite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “tetrahedrite”, in Mindat.org‎^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2025.