Definitions for argentite

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argentite ar·gen·tite

Spelling: [ahr-juh n-tahyt]

IPA: /ˈɑr dʒənˌtaɪt/

Argentite is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 394 anagrams from letters in argentite (aeeginrtt).

Definitions for argentite

noun

1. a dark lead-gray sectile mineral, silver sulfide, Ag 2 S, occurring in crystals and as formless aggregates: an important ore of silver.

Origin of argentite

First recorded in 1830-40; argent- + -ite¹

Examples for argentite

In the weathering of mercury deposits, cinnabar behaves somewhat like the corresponding silver sulphide, argentite.

The most important mineral of silver is the sulphide, argentite or "silver glance."