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chloroargyrite

/ ˌklɔːrəʊɑːdʒɪˌraɪt /

noun

  1. a greyish-yellow or colourless soft secondary mineral consisting of silver chloride in cubic crystalline form: a source of silver. Formula: AgCl Also calledcerargyritehorn silver
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Origin of chloroargyrite1

C19: from Greek keras horn + arguros silver + -ite 1

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