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embolite

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[em-buh-lahyt] / ˈɛm bəˌlaɪt /

noun

  1. a mineral, chloride and bromide of silver, used as a minor source of silver.


Etymology

Origin of embolite

1840–50; < Greek emból ( ion ) insertion ( see embolus) + -ite 1

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The colour varies somewhat with the chemical composition, being grey or colourless in chlorargyrite, greenish-grey in embolite and bromargyrite, and greenish-yellow to orange-yellow in iodembolite.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" by Various

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