ˈwərtˌsīt noun
( -s )
Etymology: French, from Charles A. Wurtz died 1884 French chemist + French -ite
: a brownish black mineral ZnS that consists of zinc sulfide in hemimorphic hexagonal crystals or a fibrous state and that is polymorphous with sphalerite
• wurtz·it·ic (ˈ)wərt|sid.ik adjective