Definition of Germanite

1. Noun. A rare reddish-grey mineral consisting of a copper iron germanium sulfide.

Terms within: Atomic Number 32, Ge, Germanium
Generic synonyms: Mineral

Definition of Germanite

1. Noun. (minerology) An isometric-hextetrahedral pinkish gray mineral containing copper, germanium, iron, and sulfur. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Germanite

germander
germander speedwell
germanders
germane
germane(p)
germanely
germanene
germaneness
germanes
germanian
germanic
germanic acid
germanide
germanides
germaniferous
germanite (current term)
germanium
germanium antimony telluride
germanium tetrachloride
germanium tetrahydride
germaniums
germanization
germanizations
germanize
germanized
germanizes
germanizing
germanocolusite
germanomethane
germanone

Literary usage of Germanite

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1851)
"... germanite containing nearly one thousand engravings, and many other works of high character. BOOKS IU.(Mvt:i'. ..."

2. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing ...by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1911)
"... Books concerning the Strife between the Civil and Eccle^ »""tical Authorities in the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries "; Nee, Necrología germanite, ..."

3. The Works of Thomas Carlyle: (complete). by Thomas Carlyle (1897)
"... Cicero (1486-1499) : Johannes was his natural name, to which the epithet " Cicero of Germany (Cicero germanite)" was added by an admiring public. ..."

4. A Source Book of Mediæval History: Documents Illustrative of European Life by Frederic Austin Ogg (1907)
"Source—Text in Michael Doeberl, Monumenta germanite Historica Se/ecta (Mum-hen, 1889), Vol. III., p. 17. 1. That the Roman Church was founded by God alone. ..."

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