acanthite

English

Etymology

Named in 1855, from Ancient Greek ἄκανθα (ákantha, “thorn”) +‎ -ite, because of the crystal shapes.[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əˈkæn.θaɪt/
  • (US) IPA(key): /əˈkæn.θaɪt/, /ˈæk.ənˌθaɪt/
  • Rhymes: -ænθaɪt

Noun

acanthite (uncountable)

  1. (mineralogy) A mineral form of silver sulfide, Ag2S, that is a major ore of silver, that forms slender prisms.

Translations

Further reading

  • David Barthelmy (1997–2025) “Acanthite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
  • “acanthite”, in Mindat.org‎[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2025.
  1. ^ James D. Dana:Dana's System of Mineralogy. Volume I, seventh edition, revised by Charles Palache, Harry Berman, and Clifford Frondel. John Wiley & Sons, 1944
  2. ^ Richard V. Gaines, H. Catherine W. Skinner, Eugene E. Foord, Brian Mason, and Abraham Rosenzweig: Dana's new mineralogy, John Wiley & Sons, 1997

Anagrams

French

Noun

acanthite f (plural acanthites)

  1. (mineralogy) acanthite

Further reading

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