embrithite Min.
(ˈɛmbrɪθaɪt)
[a. G. embrithit (A. Breithaupt 1837, in Jrnl. f. prakt. Chem. X. 443), f. Gr. ἐµβριθ-ής heavy + -ite1.]
A name formerly given to a supposed variety of boulangerite.
| 1854 J. D. Dana Syst. Min. (ed. 4) II. 81. 1868 [see boulangerite]. 1883 Encycl. Brit. XVI. 395/1 Plumbostib or Embrethite [sic], from Nertchinsk, is only a variety. |