petzite
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English
Etymology
From Petz + -ite, after chemist W. Petz.
Noun
petzite (countable and uncountable, plural petzites)
- (mineralogy) A soft, steel-gray isometric telluride mineral generally deposited by hydrothermal activity and usually associated with rare tellurium and gold minerals.
Further reading
- David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Petzite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
- “petzite”, in Mindat.org, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.