petzite

English

Etymology

From Petz +‎ -ite, after chemist W. Petz.

Noun

petzite (countable and uncountable, plural petzites)

  1. (mineralogy) A soft, steel-gray isometric telluride mineral generally deposited by hydrothermal activity and usually associated with rare tellurium and gold minerals.

Further reading

  • David Barthelmy (1997–2026), “Petzite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
  • “petzite”, in Mindat.org, Keswick, Va.: Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2026.
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