WURTZITE


Meaning of WURTZITE in English

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

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