horn silver
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of horn silver
1760–70; translation of German Hornsilber
Example Sentences
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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
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
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
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