tetradymiten.
/tɪˈtradɪmʌɪt/ Mineralogy.
Telluride of bismuth, found in pale steel-grey laminæ with a bright metallic lustre. The name has also been applied to wehrlite n.
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1850 D. T. Ansted Elem. Course Geol. §491 Tetradymite, Tellurium, and bismuth.
1859 D. Page Handbk. Geol. Terms 351 Tetradymite... Telluric-bismuth; so-called from the quadruple macles in which the crystals usually appear.
1876 Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 1874–5 14 224 The sulphurous variety of tetradymite has been observed at several new localities.
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