Negative resistance
From cornish semiconductor corporation
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Negative resistance is when a device or material allows more current to flow as voltage across it is *decreased*, or vice versa, less current is passed with an *increase* in voltage. It's principle use to to create very high speed oscillators, in the microwave range.
Some natural semiconductors also seem to have this capability, Cornish arsenopyrite and wolframite seem to occasionally. In a curve plot it looks like a reverse loop, it's hard to capture as it's rare.
This is potentially some negative resistance on a sample of arsenopyrite from Wheal Fortune, Gwennap.