mispickel
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of mispickel
First recorded in 1675–85, mispickel is from the German word Mispickel
Example Sentences
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With mispickel, and those substances which easily give off arsenic on heating, the substance is first treated with nitric acid, evaporated to dryness, and then the residue is treated in the way just described.
From A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. by Cornelius Beringer
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 sulphur and arsenic of such minerals as mispickel and pyrites are oxidised by the hot air and pass off as sulphur dioxide and "white arsenic."
From A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. by Cornelius Beringer
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
Iron is found combined with sulphur in pyrrhotine and pyrites, and together with arsenic in mispickel.
From A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. by Cornelius Beringer
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