Definition of Mispickel

1. Noun. A silver-white or grey ore of arsenic.

Exact synonyms: Arsenopyrite
Terms within: Arsenic, As, Atomic Number 33
Generic synonyms: Mineral

Definition of Mispickel

1. n. Arsenical iron pyrites; arsenopyrite.

Definition of Mispickel

1. Noun. The mineral arsenopyrite ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Mispickel

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Medical Definition of Mispickel

1. Arsenical iron pyrites; arsenopyrite. Origin: G. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Mispickel

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Handbook of Metallurgy by Carl Schnabel (1898)
"This mineral occurs less copiously than mispickel, and is found at Silesia, ... It is usually found in association with the same ores as mispickel. ..."

2. The Mineral Industry (1902)
"Treatment of Auriferous mispickel Ores at Deloro, Ontario.™—The ores are generally quartz, more or less heavily impregnated with arsenopyrite, ..."

3. Cyaniding Gold and Silver Ores: A Practical Treatise; Embracing Technical by Henry Forbes Julian, Edgar Smart, A. W. Allen (1921)
"mispickel is acted on by cyanide, its relative solubility to gold being small, ... In treating mispickel ores, it is generally found that the addition of ..."

4. A Practical Treatise on Metallurgy: Adapted from the Last German Edition of by Bruno Kerl, William Crookes, Ernst Otto Röhrig (1868)
"... in Silesia in beds, and disseminated in serpentine and granular limestone. It contains 9 per cent of mispickel. Arsenical pyrites of the composition ..."

5. A Practical Treatise on Metallurgy: Adapted from the Last German Edition of by Sir William Crookes, Bruno Kerl, Ernst Otto Röhring (1868)
"... in Silesia in beds, and disseminated in serpentine and granular limestone. It contains 9 per cent of mispickel. Arsenical pyrites of the composition ..."

6. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1881)
"... means of representing demonstrated and hypothecated structure, their value is great. THE GOLD-BEARING mispickel VEINS OF MARMORA, ONTARIO, CANADA. ..."

7. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1921)
"The practice in the West of England is to use these types of furnace for specific purposes, the Oxland type for calcination of selected mispickel ore, ..."

8. A Manual of Practical Assaying by John Mitchell (1868)
"mispickel, Arsenical Pyrites.—Alone, gives first a red sublimate, which is sulphuret of arsenic, ... On charcoal, mispickel gives a thick smoke of arsenic, ..."

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