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Definition: PYRARGYRITE |
PYRARGYRITENoun1. Ruby silver; dark red silver ore. It is a sulphide of antimony and silver, occurring in rhombohedral crystals or massive, and is of a dark red or black color with a metallic adamantine luster. |
| Domain | Definition |
Chemistry | Dark-red, grey or black rhombohedral mineral Ag3SbS3; it is isomorphous with proustite and polymorphous with pyrostilpnite, and is an important ore of silver. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | A trigonal mineral, Ag3 SbS3 ; dimorphous with pyrostilpnite; rhombohedral cleavage; soft; deep red; in late-primary or secondary-enrichment veins, and an important source of silver.Syn:antimonial red silver; dark red silver ore; dark ruby silver. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: PYRARGYRITE |
| English words defined with "PYRARGYRITE": Red silver. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "PYRARGYRITE": aerosite, argyrythrose ♦ rubinblende, ruby silver ♦ silver minerals. (references) |
| Language | Translations for "PYRARGYRITE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | pyrargyrite (dark red silver ore, dark ruby silver), pyrargyrit. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | pyrargyriet (dark red silver ore, dark ruby silver), donker roodguldigerts, antimoonzilverblende. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | pyrargyriitti (dark red silver ore, dark ruby silver). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | pyrargyrite, argyrythrose, argent rouge antimonial, aérosite. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Pyrargyrit (dark red silver ore, dark ruby silver), Antimonsilberblende (dark red silver ore, dark ruby silver). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | πυραργυρίτης (dark red silver ore, dark ruby silver). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | pirargirite (dark red silver ore, dark ruby silver), argento rosso (dark red silver ore, dark ruby silver). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | yrargyritepay prata vermelha antimónica, pirargirite. (various references) pirargirita. (various references) pyrargyrit (dark red silver ore, dark ruby silver). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "PYRARGYRITE": pyrargyrites. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-g-i-p-r-r-r-t-y-y" | |
-3 letters: pterygia. | |
-4 letters: grapery, grapier, partier, partyer, retiary, tarrier. | |
-5 letters: aigret, artery, artier, gaiety, gaiter, garret, garter, gayety, grapey, grater, grayer, griper, gripey, gyrate, irater, parget, parity, pirate, prater, prayer, pyrite, rapier, rarity, repair, triage, typier. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-g-i-p-r-r-r-t-y-y" | |
+1 letter: pyrargyrites. | |
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