Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Tetrahedrite

Tetrahedrite , noun

[So called because the crystals of the species are commonly tetrahedrons.]

(Mineralogy) A sulphide of antimony and copper, with small quantities of other metals. It is a very common ore of copper, and some varieties yield a considerable presentage of silver. Called also gray copper ore, fahlore, and panabase.