Etymology

tiemannite

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Today it means: An isometric-hextetrahedral grayish white mineral containing mercury and selenium; mercury selenide, chemical formula HgSe. Full definition →

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From Tiemann + -ite, after Johann Carl Wilhelm Tiemann (1848–1899).

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