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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

STEPHANITE

Steph "an *ite, n. Etym: [So named after the Archduke Stephan, mining director of Austria. ] (Min. )

 

Defn: A sulphide of antimony and silver of an iron-black color and metallic luster; called also black silver, and brittle silver ore.