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針銀鉱 (しんぎんこう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

針しん銀ぎん鉱こう

Meanings

1

noun

acanthite

mineralogy

A mineral species, silver sulfide (Ag₂S). Technical term used in mineralogy.

針しん銀ぎん鉱こうは銀ぎんの重じゅう要ような鉱こう石せき鉱こう物ぶつの一ひとつである。
Acanthite is one of the important ore minerals of silver.

Kanji

針needle, pin, staple
銀silver
鉱mineral, ore

Etymology

Compound of 針 (shin, 'needle') + 銀 (gin, 'silver') + 鉱 (kō, 'ore'), referring to its needle-like crystal habit and silver content. The exact historical derivation is uncertain.