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Definition of Arsenopyrite

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

Definition of Arsenopyrite

1. n. A mineral of a tin-white color and metallic luster, containing arsenic, sulphur, and iron; -- also called arsenical pyrites and mispickel.

Definition of Arsenopyrite

1. Noun. (minerology) A silvery-grey ore of arsenic, a mixed arsenide and sulfide of iron, FeAsS. ¹

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Definition of Arsenopyrite

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Medical Definition of Arsenopyrite

1. A mineral of a tin-white colour and metallic luster, containing arsenic, sulphur, and iron; also called arsenical pyrites and mispickel. Origin: Arsenic + pyrite. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Literary usage of Arsenopyrite

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

1. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1894)
"... BEHAVIOR OF arsenopyrite. BY THOMAS MONTGOMERY LIGHTFOOT. Received June 23, 1894. THE variation in the weathering of pyrite, marcasite, and pyrrhotite, ..."

2. Lectures on Mineralogy: Delivered at the School of Mines, Columbia College by Thomas Egleston (1886)
"The forms of the crystals are the same as those of arsenopyrite, ... The angle of the prism in Leuco- pyrite is 122°, but in arsenopyrite it is 111°. ..."

3. The School of Mines Quarterly by Columbia University School of Chemistry (1903)
"The lack of a rapid method for the estimation of arsenic in arsenopyrite led to a series of experiments the results of which are given briefly in this ..."

4. Rock Minerals: Their Chemical and Physical Characters and Their by Joseph Paxson Iddings (1911)
"arsenopyrite ... arsenopyrite, a:6:c=0.7()62:1:1.2342 0.66S9:1:1.2331 0.0773:1:1.1882 Euhedral crystals of ..."

5. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria by Royal Society of Victoria (Melbourne, Vic.), Royal Society of Victoria (1898)
"85 Pyrite, limonite, barytes 80 Pyrite, stibnite, arsenopyrite, argen- tite, ... 96 Bullumwaal arsenopyrite, pyrite, galena, blende, and wad 70 to 95 Grant ..."

6. Inorganic chemistry by Ira Remsen (1890)
"arsenopyrite, FeAsS, occurs iii nature, and is a valuable source of the element arsenic ; for, as has been stated (see p. 305), when it is heated it gives ..."

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