samsonite

English

Etymology

Samson +‎ -ite, after an occurrence in the Samson Vein of the Sankt Andreasberg silver mines, Harz Mountains, Germany.

Noun

samsonite (uncountable)

  1. (mineralogy) A black, monoclinic silver manganese antimony sulfosalt mineral.

Further reading
  • “Samsonite” in David Barthelmy, Webmineral Mineralogy Database, 1997–.
  • “samsonite”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, accessed 29 August 2016.

Anagrams
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.