panabase

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panabase - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Panabase \Pan"a*base\, n. [Pan- + base. So called in allusion to
     the number of metals contained in it.] (Min.)
     Same as Tetrahedrite.
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  Tetrahedrite \Tet`ra*he"drite\, n. [So called because the
     crystals of the species are commonly tetrahedrons.] (Min.)
     A sulphide of antimony and copper, with small quantities of
     other metals. It is a very common ore of copper, and some
     varieties yield a considerable presentage of silver. Called
     also gray copper ore, fahlore, and panabase.
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