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Definition of pyrargyrite

Pyrargyrite
Pyrargyrite Py*rar"gy*rite, n. [Gr. ? fire + ? silver.] (Min.) 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.
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Red horse. (Zo["o]l.) (a) Any large American red fresh-water sucker, especially Moxostoma macrolepidotum and allied species. (b) See the Note under Drumfish. Red lead. (Chem) See under Lead, and Minium. Red-lead ore. (Min.) Same as Crocoite. Red liquor (Dyeing), a solution consisting essentially of aluminium acetate, used as a mordant in the fixation of dyestuffs on vegetable fiber; -- so called because used originally for red dyestuffs. Called also red mordant. Red maggot (Zo["o]l.), the larva of the wheat midge. Red manganese. (Min.) Same as Rhodochrosite. Red man, one of the American Indians; -- so called from his color. Red maple (Bot.), a species of maple (Acer rubrum). See Maple. Red mite. (Zo["o]l.) See Red spider, below. Red mulberry (Bot.), an American mulberry of a dark purple color (Morus rubra). Red mullet (Zo["o]l.), the surmullet. See Mullet. Red ocher (Min.), a soft earthy variety of hematite, of a reddish color. Red perch (Zo["o]l.), the rosefish. Red phosphorus. (Chem.) See under Phosphorus. Red pine (Bot.), an American species of pine (Pinus resinosa); -- so named from its reddish bark. Red precipitate. See under Precipitate. Red Republican (European Politics), originally, one who maintained extreme republican doctrines in France, -- because a red liberty cap was the badge of the party; an extreme radical in social reform. [Cant] Red ribbon, the ribbon of the Order of the Bath in England. Red sanders. (Bot.) See Sanders. Red sandstone. (Geol.) See under Sandstone. Red scale (Zo["o]l.), a scale insect (Aspidiotus aurantii) very injurious to the orange tree in California and Australia. Red silver (Min.), an ore of silver, of a ruby-red or reddish black color. It includes proustite, or light red silver, and pyrargyrite, or dark red silver. Red snapper (Zo["o]l.), a large fish (Lutlanus aya or Blackfordii) abundant in the Gulf of Mexico and about the Florida reefs. Red snow, snow colored by a mocroscopic unicellular alga (Protococcus nivalis) which produces large patches of scarlet on the snows of arctic or mountainous regions. Red softening (Med.) a form of cerebral softening in which the affected parts are red, -- a condition due either to infarction or inflammation. Red spider (Zo["o]l.), a very small web-spinning mite (Tetranychus telarius) which infests, and often destroys, plants of various kinds, especially those cultivated in houses and conservatories. It feeds mostly on the under side of the leaves, and causes them to turn yellow and die. The adult insects are usually pale red. Called also red mite. Red squirrel (Zo["o]l.), the chickaree. Red tape, the tape used in public offices for tying up documents, etc.; hence, official formality and delay.

Meaning of pyrargyrite from wikipedia

- Pyrargyrite is a sulfosalt mineral consisting of silver sulfantimonite, Ag3SbS3. Known also as dark red silver ore, ruby blende, garnete blende or ruby...
- A subhedral sample showing sharp to anhedral pyrargyrite crystals....
- Proustite Psilomelane Pumpellyite Chlorastrolite (var.) Purpurite Pyrite Pyrargyrite Pyromorphite Pyrophyllite Pyroxmangite Pyrrhotite Quartz Amethyst (var...
- the metal. It is closely allied to the corresponding sulfantimonide, pyrargyrite, from which it was distinguished by the chemical analyses of Joseph L...
- of supergene enrichment. It occurs in ****ociation with native silver, pyrargyrite, proustite, polybasite, stephanite, aguilarite, galena, chalcopyrite...
- argentite (Ag2S), chlorargyrite (AgCl) which includes horn silver, and pyrargyrite (Ag3SbS3). Silver is extracted using the Parkes process. These metals...
- Pseudowollastonite Pumpellyite (group of sorosilicates) Purpurite Putnisite Pyrargyrite Pyrite Pyrochlore (mineral group) Pyrolusite Pyromorphite Pyrope Pyrophanite...
- Pyradoketosite Pdk Pahasapaite Pah Pascoite Pas Phosphammite Pam Polyphite Ppt Pyrargyrite Pyg Painite Pai Paseroite Psr Phosphocy****e-(Fe) Pc-Fe Ponomarevite...
- important antimony ore is stibnite (Sb 2S 3). Other sulfide minerals include pyrargyrite (Ag 3SbS 3), zinkenite, jamesonite, and boulangerite. Antimony pentasulfide...
- Cobaltite (Co,Fe)**** ****nopyrite Fe**** Gersdorffite Ni**** Sulfosalts: Pyrargyrite Ag3SbS3 Proustite Ag3****3 Tetrahedrite Cu12Sb4S13 Tennantite Cu12As4S13...