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PYRARGYRITE

Definition: PYRARGYRITE

PYRARGYRITE

Noun

1. 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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 


Specialty Definition: PYRARGYRITE

DomainDefinition

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.

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Crosswords: PYRARGYRITE

English words defined with "PYRARGYRITE": Red silver. (references)
Specialty definitions using "PYRARGYRITE": aerosite, argyrythroserubinblende, ruby silversilver minerals. (references)

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Modern Translation: PYRARGYRITE

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

   

Portuguese

  

prata vermelha antimónica, pirargirite. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

pirargirita. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

pyrargyrit (dark red silver ore, dark ruby silver). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: PYRARGYRITE

Derivations

Words beginning with "PYRARGYRITE": pyrargyrites. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: PYRARGYRITE

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.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Translations: Modern
4. Derivations
5. Anagrams
6. Bibliography


  

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