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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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
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 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
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 Cornelius Beringer
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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