'Panabase' definitions:
Definition of 'Panabase'
From: GCIDE
- Panabase \Pan"a*base\, n. [Pan- + base. So called in allusion to the number of metals contained in it.] (Min.) Same as Tetrahedrite. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'panabase'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]