tetradymite

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(te trad′ə mīt′)


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te•trad•y•mite  (te trad′ə mīt′),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Mineralogya mineral, bismuth telluride and sulfide, Bi2Te2S, occurring in soft-gray to black foliated masses.
  • Greek tetrádym(os) fourfold (see tetra-, didymous) + -ite1; modeled on German Tetradymit
  • 1840–50


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