emplectite

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(em plek′tīt)


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em•plec•tite  (em plek′tīt),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Mineralogya mineral, copper and bismuth sulfide, occurring in the form of thin gray prisms, found with quartz.
  • Greek émplekt(os) inwoven (em- em-2 + plek-, stem of plékein to plait + -tos adjective, adjectival suffix) + -ite1
  • 1855–60

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