Definition of Tetrahedrites

1. tetrahedrite [n] - See also: tetrahedrite

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tetrahedrites

tetragrams
tetragraph
tetragraphs
tetragynia
tetragynous
tetrahalide
tetrahalides
tetrahedra
tetrahedral
tetrahedralisable
tetrahedralizable
tetrahedrally
tetrahedrane
tetrahedranes
tetrahedrite
tetrahedrites (current term)
tetrahedron
tetrahedrons
tetrahemihexahedra
tetrahemihexahedron
tetrahexahedra
tetrahexahedral
tetrahexahedron
tetrahexahedrons
tetrahexylammonium
tetrahydrate
tetrahydrates
tetrahydric
tetrahydride
tetrahydrides

Literary usage of Tetrahedrites

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Descriptive Mineralogy by William Shirley Bayley (1917)
"Crystals of the tetrahedrites have been made by passing the vapors of the ... The tetrahedrites are very common in the zone of secondary enrichment of ..."

2. Descriptive Mineralogy by William Shirley Bayley (1917)
"The chemical properties of the different varieties of tetrahedrites vary with the constituents present. All give tests for sulphur and for either antimony ..."

3. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1913)
"The data in the last two columns of this table afford a comparison between this mineral and the tetrahedrites listed by Dana.4 The sulphur is 4.2 per cent, ..."

4. Geology by Alexander Henry Green (1882)
"For more complete determination of the constituents wet analysis must be used. tetrahedrites rich in Silver are worked as Silver Ores. ..."

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