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tetrahedrite

/te-truh-hee-drahyt/US // ˌtɛ trəˈhi draɪt //UK // (ˌtɛtrəˈhiːdraɪt) //

四面体,四面体石膏,四面体化合物,四面体石

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a steel-gray or blackish mineral with a brilliant metallic luster, essentially copper and antimony sulfide,12 Sb4S13, an end member of a series of solid solutions into which arsenic enters to form tennantite: mined as an ore of copper and silver.

Examples

  • In external form these crystals are cubic with inclined hemihedrism, the symmetry being the same as in blende and tetrahedrite.

  • Tetrahedrite, blende, diamond, boracite and pharmacosiderite are substances which crystallize in this class.