ARGENTITE
Argentite
In mineralogy, Argentite is cubic silver sulfide, which can only exist at temperatures above 173 °C, 177 °C or 179 °C. When it cools to ordinary temperatures it turns into its monoclinic polymorph, acanthite. Argentite belongs to the galena group.The above text is a snippet from Wikipedia: Argentite
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argentite
Noun
- Silver sulphide, (Ag2S), a primary ore of silver, in cubic or hexoctahedral crystals.
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