Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Tetradymite

Tetradymite , noun

[Greek tetra`dymos fourfold. So named from its occurrence in compound twin crystals, or fourlings.]

(Mineralogy) A telluride of bismuth. It is of a pale steel-gray color and metallic luster, and usually occurs in foliated masses. Called also telluric bismuth.