A rare mineral containing silver and germanium (Ag₈GeS₆), often found in hydrothermal silver ore deposits.
From Greek 'argyros' (silver) + 'dites' (relating to) + mineralogical suffix '-ite,' literally meaning 'silvery mineral.'
Argyrodite is notable because it was used to help confirm the existence of the element germanium in the 1880s—a mineral's properties and chemical composition led scientists to predict an undiscovered element, and they found it.
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