proustite

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Proustite

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Proustite

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Etymology

Named after French chemist Joseph L. Proust (1754-1826) in 1832.^[1]

Noun

proustite (usually uncountable; plural proustites)

1. (mineralogy) A mineral, Ag₃AsS₃, often found with pyragyrite in silver veins.

References

1. ^ Richard V. Gaines, H. Catherine W. Skinner, Eugene E. Foord, Brian Mason, and Abraham Rosenzweig: Dana's new mineralogy, John Wiley & Sons, 1997