petzite

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noun

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

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Meanings

nounpetzite (countable and uncountable, plural petzites)

plural petzites

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

Origin

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

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APA

petzite. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/petzite

MLA

“petzite.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/petzite. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “petzite,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/petzite.

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