tennantite
English
Etymology
Originally named "gray sulphuret of copper in dodecahedral crystals" in 1817 by mineralogist James Sowerby.
Renamed in 1819 by William Phillips in honour of Smithson Tennant (1761-1815), an English chemist who discovered the elements iridium and osmium.
Tennant + -ite
Noun
tennantite (plural tennantites)
- (mineralogy) A sulfide mineral of iron, copper and arsenic that is an ore of copper
Translations
mineral
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Further reading
- David Barthelmy (1997–2023), “Tennantite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
- “tennantite”, in Mindat.org, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2023.