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emplectite

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em⋅plec⋅tite

  [em-plek-tahyt]
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–noun
a mineral, copper and bismuth sulfide, occurring in the form of thin gray prisms, found with quartz.
Origin:
1855–60; < Gk émplekt(os) inwoven (em- em- 2 + plek-, s. of plékein to plait + -tos adj. suffix) + -ite 1
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