tiemannite

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(tēmə nīt′)


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tie•mann•ite  (tēmə nīt′),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Mineralogya mineral, mercuric selenide, HgSe, occurring in the form of a compact mass of gray crystals.
  • German Tiemannit (1855), after west, western. Tiemann, German scientist who found it; see -ite1


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