mispickel

[mis-pik-uh l]

noun Mineralogy.

arsenopyrite.

Origin of mispickel

First recorded in 1675–85, mispickel is from the German word Mispickel

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The gold is also often visible to the naked eye in all the associated minerals, and particularly in the mispickel and blende.
The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 13, No. 79, May, 1864
Various
The pyritic ores of iron, including marcasite, pyrrhotite and mispickel, are often taken for gold by the inexperienced.
The A B C of Mining
Charles A. Bramble

British Dictionary definitions for mispickel

mispickel

noun

another name for arsenopyrite

Word Origin

C17: from German

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Examples from the Web for mispickel

Historical Examples

The gold is also often visible to the naked eye in all the associated minerals, and particularly in the mispickel and blende.

The pyritic ores of iron, including marcasite, pyrrhotite and mispickel, are often taken for gold by the inexperienced.

mispickel

Word Origin

Origin of mispickel