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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PYRARGYRITE

From German Pyrargyrit, from pyro- + Greek arguros silver.

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PRONUNCIATION OF PYRARGYRITE

paɪˈrɑːdʒɪˌraɪt


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PYRARGYRITE

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WHAT DOES PYRARGYRITE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Pyrargyrite

Pyrargyrite is a sulfosalt mineral consisting of silver sulfantimonide, Ag3SbS3. Known also as dark red silver ore or ruby silver, it is an important source of the metal. It is closely allied to, and isomorphous with, the corresponding sulfarsenide known as proustite or light red silver ore. Ruby silver or red silver ore was mentioned by Georg Agricola in 1546, but the two species so closely resemble one another that they were not completely distinguished until chemical analyses of both were made. Both crystallize in the ditrigonal pyramidal class of the rhombohedral system, possessing the same degree of symmetry as tourmaline. Crystals are perfectly developed and are usually prismatic in habit; they are frequently attached at one end, the hemimorphic character being then evident by the fact that the oblique striations on the prism faces are directed towards one end only of the crystal. Twinning according to several laws is not uncommon. The hexagonal prisms of pyrargyrite are usually terminated by a low hexagonal pyramid or by a drusy basal plane.

Definition of pyrargyrite in the English dictionary

The definition of pyrargyrite in the dictionary is a dark red to black mineral consisting of silver antimony sulphide in hexagonal crystalline form: occurs in silver veins and is an important ore of silver. Formula: Ag3SbS3.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PYRARGYRITE

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PYRARGYRITE

pyramidal orchid · pyramidal peak · pyramidally · pyramidic · pyramidical · pyramidically · pyramidion · pyramidist · pyramidologist · pyramidology · pyramidon · pyramis · Pyramus · Pyramus and Thisbe · pyran · pyranoid · pyranometer · pyranose · pyranoside · pyrazole

WORDS THAT END LIKE PYRARGYRITE

arsenopyrite · chalcopyrite · favourite · ferrite · handwrite · hypocrite · iodyrite · iron pyrite · marguerite · neurite · nitrite · norite · overwrite · pyrite · rewrite · rite · sodium nitrite · sprite · unfavorite · write

Synonyms and antonyms of pyrargyrite in the English dictionary of synonyms

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PYRARGYRITE»

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Science and Mechanism: Illustrated by Examples in the New ...
Dit, New York City. Pyrargyrite (ruby silver ore), Alisos, Sinaloa, Mexico; native silver,'in calcite, from mine of St. Peter Morilos, Chihuahua, Mexico; silver ores, copper pyrites, copper glance and pyrargyrite, from Mimi dc la Descubridora. 102 .
Charles Rush Goodrich, 1854
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The World of Science, Art, and Industry Illustrated: From ...
Pyrargyrite (ruby silver ore), Alisos, Sinaloa, Mexico ; native silver, in calcite, from mine of St Peter Morilos, Chihuahua, Mexico; silver ores, copper pyrites, copper glance and pyrargyrite, from Mina tie la Descubridora. and other ores from ...
Benjamin Silliman, C. E Döpler, 1854
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Second Report on a Cooperative Investigation of the ...
La Plata and Montezuma Counties. — La Plata district. Pyrargyrite, pronstite and miargyrite are the principal ore minerals in the ruby-silver beit that crosses the northern part of the district. Miargyrite and pyrargyrite, probably of hypogene origin, ...
Rollin E. Stevens, 1960
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Professional Paper - United States Geological Survey
sulphide zone are argentite and pyrargyrite, the latter always coating cracks or cavities, with probably chalcopyrite. Possibly the copper of the secondary chalcopyrite is formed by the action of copper solutions from above on primary pyrite, but ...
Geological Survey (U.S.), 1905
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United States Geological Survey Professional Paper
sulphide zone are argentite and pyrargyrite, the hltter always coating cracks or cavities, with probably chalcopyrite. Possibly the copper of the secondary chalcopyrite is formed by the action of copper solutions from above on primary pyrite, but ...
‎1905
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The genesis of the ores of Tonopah, Nevada
OF PYRARGYRITE. A number of specimens of rich ore obtained through the courtesy of Mr. John G. Kirchen show veinlets, mainly of pyrargyrite, traversing quartz and partly silicified wall rock. These specimens came from the Tonopah- ...
Edson Sunderland Bastin, Francis Baker Laney, 1918
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Ternary and Multinary Compounds: Proceedings of the 11th ...
homogeneous pyrargyrite film, the pyrargyrite was formed as crystallites surrounded by antimony-sulphide (fig.3). SIMS measurements of a 4mm x 4mm area of this film revealed a homogeneous distribution of the three elements throughout ...
R.D Tomlinson, A.E Hill, R.D Pilkington, 1998
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Electrochemistry in Mineral and Metal Processing VII
In this study, the electrochemical behavior of the silver contained in pyrargyrite ( Ag3SbS3), a very refractory phase, was determined in order to better understand the oxidation and reduction processes involved in the leaching of the metallic ...
Fiona M. Doyle, Geoff H. Kelsall, R. Woods, 2006
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The Ore Minerals Under the Microscope: An Optical Guide
Strunz Classification - Group Members - Chemical Formula - Crystallography II/E. 07-Proustite-Samsonite series II/E.07-10 Proustite II/E.07-20 Pyrargyrite II/E.07- 30 Xanthoconite II/E.07-40 Pyrostilpnite II/E.07-50 Samsonite II/E.07-60 ...
Bernhard Pracejus, 2008
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Telluride Ores of Boulder County, Colorado
Pyrargyrite Minor amounts of pyrargyrite are intergrown with tellurides in samples from the Colorado, Gray Copper, Ingram, and Nancy mines, but nowhere is this sulfosalt abundant in the telluride stage of mineralization. Where it is directly ...
William Crowley Kelly, Edwin Newell Goddard, 1969

4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PYRARGYRITE»

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Noricum Gold Discovers “large limonitic outcrop” great for speed …
... sphalerite, pyrrhotite (mainly at deeper levels), silver-bearing fahlore, arsenopyrite, antimonite, pyrargyrite, gudmundite; remobilized mineralisation that occurs ... «DirectorsTalk Interviews, Jul 15»
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Revelo Announces Completion of Kinross' First Year Commitment at …
... from the sinter material revealed trace amounts of native silver together with the silver sulphide and sulphosalt minerals of argentite, pyrargyrite and proustite. «Marketwired, Feb 15»
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Rallying for Kosovar Mineral Wealth & Trepca Mines
... Jamesonite, Limonite, Löllingite, Ludlamite, Magnetite, Marcasite, Melanterite, Native, gold, Psilomelane, Pyrargyrite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz, Rhodochrosite, ... «Onislam.net, Jan 15»
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Collecting Microminerals in the Creede Mining District
There was wire silver that looked like steel wool, massive leaf silver over an inch wide, and large amounts of ruby silver (pyrargyrite). When the miners went into ... «RedOrbit, Sep 08»
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