zinckenite Min.
(ˈzɪŋkənaɪt)
Also zink-.
[ad. G. zinkenit (G. Rose, 1826), named in honour of J. K. L. Zincken, director of Anhalt mines.]
A steel-grey sulphide of antimony and lead.
| 1835 R. D. & T. Thomson's Rec. Gen. Sci. I. 272 Combinations of sulphuret of antimony and sulphuret of lead in different proportions, viz.: zinkenite,..Plagionite, Federerz, Bournonite. |