hemusite
English
Etymology
Hemus + -ite, after Haemus, the ancient Roman name of the Balkan (Stara planina) mountains.
Noun
hemusite
- (mineralogy) An isometric gray mineral containing copper, molybdenum, sulfur, and tin.
References
- G. Terziev, (1971) "Hemusite - A Complex Copper-Tin-Molybdenum Sulfide from the Chelopech Ore Deposit, Bulgaria", American Mineralogist, vol. 56, No. 11-12, at 1847.
- Michael Fleischer, (1968) "New Mineral Names", American Mineralogist, vol. 53, 1175.
- “Hemusite” in David Barthelmy, Webmineral Mineralogy Database, 1997–.
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