Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A native sulphid of arsenic and silver, occurring in rhombohedral and scalenohedral crystals and also massive.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Min.) A sulphide of arsenic and silver of a beautiful cochineal-red color, occurring in rhombohedral crystals, and also massive; ruby silver.
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- noun mineralogy A
mineral ,Ag 3As S 3, often found with pyragyrite insilver veins .
Etymologies
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There are various other silver minerals including: [[cerargirite]] (AgCl), [[proustite]] (3Ag2S. Ag2S.), [[pirargirite]] (3Ag2S. Sb2S3),
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There are various other silver minerals including: [[cerargirite]] (AgCl), [[proustite]] (3Ag2S. Ag2S.), [[pirargirite]] (3Ag2S. Sb2S3),
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There are various other silver minerals including: [[cerargirite]] (AgCl), [[proustite]] (3Ag2S. Ag2S.), [[pirargirite]] (3Ag2S. Sb2S3),
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There are various other silver minerals including: [[cerargirite]] (AgCl), [[proustite]] (3Ag2S. Ag2S.), [[pirargirite]] (3Ag2S. Sb2S3),
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"ruby silver," stephanite or "black silver," and polybasite; the silver-arsenic sulphides, proustite or "light ruby silver" and pearcite; and the silver antimonide, dyscrasite.
vendingmachine commented on the word proustite
At first glance, this word looks like another (more familiar) word.
July 22, 2015
slumry commented on the word proustite
a proustite called ruby silver
July 23, 2015