Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A native sulphid of antimony and lead, commonly occurring in fibrous masses, sometimes in capillary forms (feather-ore). It has a lead-gray color and metallic luster.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Min.) A steel-gray mineral, of metallic luster, commonly fibrous massive. It is a sulphide of antimony and lead, with a little iron.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun mineralogy A dark grey monoclinic sulfosalt mineral with chemical formula Pb4FeSb6S14.

Etymologies

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Robert Jameson (1774-1854), Scottish mineralogist, and -ite.

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