tennantite

English

Etymology

Originally named "gray sulphuret of copper in dodecahedral crystals" in 1817 by mineralogist James Sowerby.

Renamed in 1819 by William Phillips in honour of Smithson Tennant (1761-1815), an English chemist who discovered the elements iridium and osmium.

Tennant + -ite

Noun

tennantite (plural tennantites)

1. (mineralogy) A sulfide mineral of iron, copper and arsenic that is an ore of copper

Translations

mineral

• Finnish: tennantiitti

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Tennantite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “tennantite”, in Mindat.org‎^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.