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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A mineral, a sulphid of silver having the same composition as argentite, but differing in crystalline form: found at Freiberg, Saxony.
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- noun mineralogy A
mineral form ofsilver sulfide , Ag2S, that is a majorore ofsilver , that forms slenderprisms .
Etymologies
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Named in 1855, from the Greek ἄκανθα (akantha) "thorn", because of the crystal shapes.
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