tet|ra|he|drite

tet|ra|he|drite
tet|ra|he|drite «TEHT ruh HEE dryt», noun.
Mineralogy. native sulfide of antimony and copper, with various elements sometimes replacing one or the other of these, often occurring in tetrahedral crystals.
[< German Tetraëdrit < Greek tetráedron (see etym. under tetrahedron (Cf.tetrahedron)) + German -it -ite1]

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