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Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
Tetrahedrite
Britannica 11thTETRAHEDRITE, a mineral consisting typically of copper sulph-antimonite, CujSbSj, but often of complex composition. The copper is usually isomorphously replaced by variable amounts of silver, iron, zinc, mercury, lead or cobalt, and the antimony by arsenic or ...
Tetradymite
Britannica 11thTETRADYMITE, a mineral consisting of bismuth telluride and sulphide, Bi2Te2S, also known as " telluric bismuth." Sometimes sulphur is absent and the formula is then Bi2Tes; traces of selenium are usually present. Crystals are rhombohedral, but are rarely disti