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Definition: FREIESLEBENITE

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. A sulphide of antimony, lead, and silver, occuring in monoclinic crystals.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "Freieslebenite" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Freieslebenite \Frei"es*le`ben*ite\, noun. [Named after the German chemist Freiesleben.]. (references)

Specialty Definition: FREIESLEBENITE

Domain Definition
Mining A monoclinic mineral, AgPbSbS3 . Occurs with pyrargyrite, argentite, and galena in late-stage silver ores at Hiendelaencina, Spain;Freiberg, Germany; Oruro, Bolivia; and Rosebery, Tasmania, Australia. (references)

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Extended Definition: FREIESLEBENITE

Freieslebenite

Freieslebenite is a rare sulfide mineral of antimony, lead and silver with formula AgPbSbS3 and molecular weight of 533.02 g/mol. It is an opaque non-fluorescent mineral which has a hydrothermal origin. It is metallic, with a specific gravity of 6.3 and a Mohs hardness of 2.5 - about that of a finger nail. It is non-magnetic and is usually gray in colour. It has indistinct cleavage, and is brittle and has a conchoidal fracture. It can have a white or gray streak. It crystallizes in the monoclinic system.

Freieslebenite is normally found in Europe, usually in Romania and Germany. It was discovered in 1845, and is named after Johann Karl Freiesleben (1774 - 1846), Mining Commissioner of Saxony, Germany.

See also

  • List of minerals
  • List of minerals named after people

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Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; from the article "Freieslebenite". Image Credit.
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Translations: FREIESLEBENITE

Language Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses)
Français freislébénite (freieslebenite). Additional references: Français, France, Algeria, freieslebenite. (volunteer & more translations)
French freislébénite (freieslebenite). Additional references: French, France, Algeria, freieslebenite. (volunteer & more translations)
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Constructed Language Translations: FREIESLEBENITE

Language Translations for “freieslebenite” or closest synonym(s); back translations in parentheses.
Pig Latin eieslebenitefray (freieslebenite). Additional references: Pig Latin, freieslebenite. (volunteer)
Terran B freislebenite (freieslebenite). Additional references: Terran B, freieslebenite. (volunteer)
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