zinkenite
(noun) a steel grey metallic mineral (a sulphide of lead and antimony)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
After German mineralogist J. K. L. Zinken (1798-1862), named in 1862.
zinkenite (usually uncountable, plural zinkenites)
(mineral) A grey mineral with hexagonal crystals, Pb9Sb22S42.
Source: Wiktionary
Zink"en*ite, n. Etym: [From Zinken, director at one time of the Hanoverian mines.] (Min.)
Definition: A steel-gray metallic mineral, a sulphide of antimony and lead.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
6 October 2024
(adjective) of such great duration as to preclude the possibility of being assigned a date; “dateless customs”
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