wehrlite

[After A. Wehrle, who analyzed the two minerals thus named; suff. -ite ( Min.).) Mineralogy : 1. A mineral resembling tetradymite (q.v.). Crystallization, hexagonal; hardne , 1-2; specific gravity, 8'44; luster, bright metallic; color, light steel gray. An analysis yielded: Tellurium, 29-74; sulphur, 233; bismuth, 61.15; silver, 207=95-29, which yields the formula, Bi(Te,S). Found at Deutsch Pilsen, Hungary. 2. The same as LIEVRITE (q. v.). wei-ge-li-a, wei-gel-a (was v), 8. [Named after C. E. Weigel, author of Observationes Bota nicæ, published in 1772.] Bot.: A genus of Lonicereæ, sometimes merged into Diervilla, but distinguished from it by its winged seeds, and its crustaceous seed ve el. Ornamental plants with roseate or white flowers, from China and Japan.