Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A dark gray mineral, Pb6Sb14S27.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
zinckenite .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Min.) A steel-gray metallic mineral, a sulphide of antimony and lead.
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- noun mineralogy A grey
mineral withhexagonal crystals,Pb 9Sb 22S 42.
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- noun a steel grey metallic mineral (a sulphide of lead and antimony)
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[German Zinkenit, after J.K.L. Zinken, (1790–1862), German mineralogist.]
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After German mineralogist J. K. L. Zinken (1798-1862), named in 1862.
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reesetee commented on the word zinkenite
Also spelled zinckenite.
August 26, 2009