tennantite

Meaning

Noun

Origin

  • Originally named "gray sulphuret of copper in dodecahedral crystals" in 1817 by mineralogist James Sowerby.
  • Renamed in 1819 by William Phillips in honour of Smithson Tennant (1761-1815), an English chemist who discovered the elements iridium and osmium.
  • Tennant +

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