germanite

(ˈdʒɜːməˌnaɪt) n (Minerals) a mineral consisting of a complex copper arsenic sulphide containing germanium, gallium, iron, zinc, and lead: an ore of germanium and gallium[from germanium + -ite¹]

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germanite - a rare reddish-grey mineral consisting of a copper iron germanium sulfideatomic number 32, Ge, germanium - a brittle grey crystalline element that is a semiconducting metalloid (resembling silicon) used in transistors; occurs in germanite and argyroditemineral - solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition

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[′jər·mə‚nīt] (mineralogy) Cu₃(Ge,Ga,Fe)(S,As)₄ Reddish-gray mineral occurring in massive form; an important source of germanium.

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a mineral of the group of complex sulfides; chemical composition Cu₃(Fe,Ge)S₄. The germanium content is 7-10 percent; insignificant amounts of zinc, lead, gallium, and arsenic are present. Most researchers attribute germanite to the cubic (or pseudocubic) system. Crystals are unknown.

Germanite is usually found in the form of separate nodules, exudations, or solid bodies in close association with pyrite, gray copper ores, sphalerite, or galena. It is brownish pink with violet shadings and is opaque, with a metallic luster. Its hardness on the mineralogical scale is 4.0; density, 4,400-4,600 kg/m₃. It has been discovered in hydrothermal copper-polymetallic deposits. It is an important source of germanium. The only known commercial deposit is located at Tsumeb in Namibia (South West Africa).

G. P. BARSANOV

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noun a rare reddish-grey mineral consisting of a copper iron germanium sulfide

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