acanthite

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A mineral form of silver sulfide, Ag2S, that is a major ore or silver
A mineral form of silver sulfide, Ag{2}S, that is a major ore or silver
{i} form of silver sulfide
acanthite

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    a·can·thite

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    Etymology

    () Named in 1855, from the Greek ἄκανθα (akantha) "thorn", because of the crystal shapes.James D. Dana:Dana's System of Mineralogy. Volume I, seventh edition, revised by Charles Palache, Harry Berman, and Clifford Frondel. John Wiley & Sons, 1944Richard V. Gaines, H. Catherine W. Skinner, Eugene E. Foord, Brian Mason, and Abraham Rosenzweig: Dana's new mineralogy, John Wiley & Sons, 1997
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