Tetrahedrite Definition

tĕtrə-hēdrīt
noun
A gray to black, semihard, cubic mineral, copper iron antimony sulfide, (Cu,Fe)12Sb4S13, that is a main ore of copper.
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Origin of Tetrahedrite

  • German Tetraëdrit from Greek tetraedros four-faced (from its four-faced crystals) tetrahedron

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Named for its tetrahedral crystals in 1845.

    From Wiktionary

Tetrahedrite Sentence Examples

  • The principal ores of copper are the oxides cuprite and melaconite, the carbonates malachite and chessylite, the basic chloride atacamite, the silicate chrysocolla, the sulphides chalcocite, chalcopyrite, erubescite and tetrahedrite.

  • Tetrahedrite, fahlerz, or grey copper, contains from 30 to 48% of copper, with arsenic, antimony, iron and sometimes zinc, silver or mercury.

  • The Francke-Tina process, named from Francke, German consul at Bolivia, and tina, the wooden vat in which the process is carried out, was developed in Bolivia for the treatment of refractory ores rich in zinc blende and tetrahedrite (fahl-ore).

  • Wurtzite-sphalerite intergrowths showing the ' ice-fern ' texture, which is characteristic of wurtzite, are intergrown with silver-rich tetrahedrite, tennantite and galena.

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