horn silver

American  

noun

Mineralogy.

1. cerargyrite.

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horn silver British  

noun

1. another name for chloroargyrite

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Etymology

Origin of horn silver

1760–70; translation of German Hornsilber

Example Sentences

Afterward another block was found, weighing 87 pounds, of horn silver, with specimens nearly 75 per cent. silver.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 360, November 25, 1882 by Various

This solution I precipitated again by means of sal-ammoniac into horn silver.

From Artificial Light Its Influence upon Civilization by Luckiesh, Matthew

Fragments of horn silver lay scattered among the cactus and dagger-plants in the bed of the dry wash.

From When the West Was Young by Bechdolt, Frederick R. (Frederick Ritchie)

I mixed so much of distilled water with the well-washed horn silver as would just cover this powder.

From Artificial Light Its Influence upon Civilization by Luckiesh, Matthew

Occurrence and Reduction.—Silver is found uncombined, and combined, as Ag2S, argenite, and AgCl, horn silver.

From An Introduction to Chemical Science by Williams, Rufus Phillips