mispickel
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of mispickel
First recorded in 1675–85, mispickel is from the German word Mispickel
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Copper and mispickel are mined only in small quantities.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 7 "Fox, George" to "France" by Various
Pyriten argenteum was either marcasite or mispickel, neither of which offers much suggestion; nor are we able to hazard an explanation of value.
From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Georgius Agricola
It is a mineral of secondary origin, having resulted by the decomposition of copper ores and mispickel in the upper part of mineral veins.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" by Various
The minerals associated with the quartz in this vein, especially the cuprite and mispickel, are found most abundantly upon the foot-wall side, or underside of the quartz itself.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 79, May, 1864 by Various
Pyrites, mispickel, &c., are insoluble in hydrochloric acid, but they are readily attacked by nitric acid.
From A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. by Cornelius Beringer
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