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Putzite vs Petzite - What's the difference?

putzite | petzite |

In mineralogy terms the difference between putzite and petzite

is that putzite is an isometric-hextetrahedral iron black mineral containing copper, germanium, silver, and sulfur while petzite is a soft, steel-gray isometric telluride mineral generally deposited by hydrothermal activity and usually associated with rare tellurium and gold minerals.

putzite

English

Noun

  • (mineralogy) An isometric-hextetrahedral iron black mineral containing copper, germanium, silver, and sulfur.

    • References

    * Putzite in the Mineralogy Database: [http://webmineral.com/data/Putzite.shtml]

    petzite

    English

    (wikipedia petzite)

    Noun

  • (mineralogy) A soft, steel-gray isometric telluride mineral generally deposited by hydrothermal activity and usually associated with rare tellurium and gold minerals.