aciculite

== English == === Etymology === From Latin acicula, diminutive of acus (“needle”). === Noun === aciculite (uncountable) (mineralogy) A sulfide of bismuth, lead, and copper. ==== Synonyms ==== (mineralogy): aikinite, needle ore, needle-ore, acicular bismuth, cupreous bismuth, patrinite ==== Hypernyms ==== sulfide === See also === Aikinite on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === References === James D. Dana (1854), A System of Mineralogy Comprising the Most Recent Discoveries, page 141 1875, The Popular Encyclopedia; or, Conversations Lexicon, half-volume 10, entry "NEEDLE-ORE", page 453 William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “aciculite”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “aciculite”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. “aciculite”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.