horn silver

noun

, Mineralogy.

1. cerargyrite.

horn silver

noun

1. another name for chloroargyrite

Word History and Origins

Origin of horn silver¹

1760–70; translation of German Hornsilber

Example Sentences

Chloride of silver occurs native as horn silver or kerargyrite.

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It is brittle, and entirely volatile at the blowpipe, characters which distinguish it from horn silver.

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Thou 'rt a kind of merchant, is the horn silver, or some baser metal?

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

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It runs three hundred dollars to the ton in horn silver, and looks more like jewels than mineral.

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