proustite
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See also: Proustite
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Named after French chemist Joseph L. Proust (1754-1826) in 1832, + -ite.[1]
Noun
[edit]proustite (usually uncountable, plural proustites)
- (mineralogy) A mineral, Ag3AsS3, often found with pyrargyrite in silver veins.
Translations
[edit]mineral
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Further reading
[edit]- David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Proustite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
- “proustite”, in Mindat.org[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.
- ^ Richard V. Gaines, H. Catherine W. Skinner, Eugene E. Foord, Brian Mason, and Abraham Rosenzweig: Dana's new mineralogy, John Wiley & Sons, 1997