ramdohrite
/ˈramdərʌɪt/ /ramˈdɔːrʌɪt/Mineralogy
noun
A silver-containing sulphide mineral occurring as long grey-black prisms.
- Ramdohrite is a sulphide of lead, silver, and antimony, Ag3Pb6Sb11S24. Crystal system: monoclinic..
Origin
1930s; earliest use found in Chemical Abstracts. From German Ramdohrit from the name of Paul Ramdohr, German mineralogist and specialist in opaque ore mineralogy, in whose university department the mineral was first identified + -it.
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