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proustite
[ proo-stahyt ]
/ ˈpru staɪt /
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noun Mineralogy.
a mineral, silver arsenic sulfide, Ag3AsS3, occurring in scarlet crystals and masses: a minor ore of silver; ruby silver.
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Proudhon, proudly, prounion, Proust, Proustian, proustite, Proust, Marcel, Prout, Prov, provascular tissue, prove
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How to use proustite in a sentence
I might possibly offer to change some of the locally interesting ones for a proustite, but I can't afford any more cash just now.
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British Dictionary definitions for proustite
proustite
/ (ˈpruːstaɪt) /
noun
a red mineral consisting of silver arsenic sulphide in hexagonal crystalline form. Formula: Ag 3 AsS 3
Word Origin for proustite
C19: from French, named after Joseph Louis Proust (1754–1826), French chemist
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