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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A rare sulphid of tin and silver, containing also a small amount of germanium, found in black octahedrons with brilliant metallic luster at La Paz, Bolivia.
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- noun mineralogy A rare
silver tin sulfide mineral .
Etymologies
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Canfield + -ite, after American mining engineer Frederick Alexander Canfield (1849-1926).
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