arsenopyrite
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of arsenopyrite
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The former deposits contain arsenopyrite and copper-bearing pyrite impregnating a mica-quartz-schist, adjacent to and in apparent genetic relation with aplite or pegmatite intrusives.
From The Economic Aspect of Geology by C. K. (Charles Kenneth) Leith
Examine metallic arsenic, realgar, orpiment, arsenopyrite, arsenic trioxide, copper arsenite.
From An Introduction to Chemical Science by Rufus Phillips Williams
In the latter locality arsenopyrite is found associated with pyrite in a gangue of quartz, forming a series of parallel stringers in gneiss close to a basic dike.
From The Economic Aspect of Geology by C. K. (Charles Kenneth) Leith
If arsenopyrite is heated in a current of air, what products are formed?
From An Elementary Study of Chemistry by William McPherson
They are rather characteristic of the oxide zones of certain arsenical metallic ores, and are believed in many cases to have formed from arsenopyrite.
From The Economic Aspect of Geology by C. K. (Charles Kenneth) Leith
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