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

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)

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

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

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

From A Man in the Open by Pocock, Roger

The vein was composed of quartz, bearing sulphides, with horn silver plainly visible, giving an average assay of from $350 to $500.

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