mispickel

American  

[mis-pik-uhl] / ˈmɪsˌpɪk əl /

noun

Mineralogy.

1. arsenopyrite.

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mispickel British  

/ ˈmɪsˌpɪkəl /

noun

1. another name for arsenopyrite

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Etymology

Origin of mispickel

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

Example Sentences

Copper and mispickel are mined only in small quantities.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 7 "Fox, George" to "France" by Various

One gram of copper pyrites, blende, fahlerz, or mispickel, yields 7 or 8 grams of lead, whilst 1 gram of antimonite will give 6, and 1 gram of galena only a little over 3 grams.

From A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. by Beringer, Cornelius

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 Beringer, Cornelius

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 Beringer, Cornelius

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

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 79, May, 1864 by Various