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tennantite

tennantite noun: a sulfide mineral of iron, copper and arsenic that is an ore of copper.

Noun

tennantite (plural tennantites)

  1. A sulfide mineral of iron, copper and arsenic that is an ore of copper

Forms of tennantite

pluraltennantites

Origin of tennantite

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

Questions about tennantite

What does tennantite mean?
Tennantite means a sulfide mineral of iron, copper and arsenic that is an ore of copper.
What part of speech is tennantite?
Tennantite is a noun.
What is the plural of tennantite?
The plural of tennantite is tennantites.

Words near tennantite in the dictionary

  1. tenmokus
  2. Tenn-Tom
  3. Tenn.
  4. Tenna
  5. Tennant
  6. tennantite
  7. tennantites
  8. Tennants
  9. tennaunt
  10. tennaunts
  11. tenne

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