mispickel

American

[mis-pik-uhl] / ˈmɪsˌpɪk əl /

noun

Mineralogy.

arsenopyrite.

mispickel British

/ ˈmɪsˌpɪkəl /

noun

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

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Copper and mispickel are mined only in small quantities.

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It is a mineral of secondary origin, having resulted by the decomposition of copper ores and mispickel in the upper part of mineral veins.

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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.

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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.

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Iron is found combined with sulphur in pyrrhotine and pyrites, and together with arsenic in mispickel.

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