STANNITE


Meaning of STANNITE in English

/stan"uyt/ , n.

a mineral, iron-black to steel-gray in color, with a metallic luster, copper iron tin sulfide, Cu 2 FeSnS 4 : an ore of tin. Also called tin pyrites .

[ 1850-55; STANN(UM) + -ITE 1 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .