Definition of Tiemannite

1. Noun. (minerology) An isometric-hextetrahedral grayish white mineral containing mercury and selenium. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Tiemannite

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tiemannite

tieclasp
tieclasps
tied
tied(p)
tied back
tied down
tied house
tied houses
tied oil
tied up
tied up(p)
tieing
tieless
tiemaker
tiemakers
tiemannite (current term)
tiemannites
tienilic acid
tienshanite
tiepin
tiepins
tier
tier up
tierced
tiercel
tiercelet
tiercels
tierceron
tiercerons

Literary usage of Tiemannite

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

1. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrography from the Laboratories of the by Samuel Lewis Penfield, Louis Valentine Pirsson (1901)
"tiemannite. IN October last, Professor JE Clayton, president of the Salt Lake Mining Institute, sent to Professor Brush a few specimens containing crystals ..."

2. International Catalogue of Scientific Literature by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1903)
"J. Sei., New Haven, Conn., 11, 1901, (171-172). [00 gh]. tiemannite. ... Crystallized tiemannite and ..."

3. Elements of Mineralogy, Crystallography and Blowpipe Analysis: From a by Alfred Joseph Moses, Charles Lathrop Parsons (1916)
"It is apparently primary and occurs at Marysvale, Utah, with tiemannite as a four-inch vein in calcite and at San Onofre, Mexico, with calcite and barite. ..."

4. Elements of Mineralogy, Crystallography and Blowpipe Analysis: From a by Alfred Joseph Moses, Charles Lathrop Parsons (1916)
"It is apparently primary and occurs at Marysvale, Utah, with tiemannite as a four-inch vein in calcite and at San Onofre, Mexico, with calcite and barite. ..."

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