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sulphuret

British  
/ ˈsʌlfjʊˌrɛt /

verb

  1. (tr) to treat or combine with sulphur

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There is a further remarkable mineral collection at the house, with fine specimens of sulphuret of tin and copper, malachite, fluor, crystals, topaz, with some blocks of prehistoric tin.

From The Cornwall Coast by Salmon, Arthur L. (Arthur Leslie)

Sulphate of copper, sulphuret of zinc, alum, and aluminous slate are found about the cove of Washitau, and the Hot Springs.

From A New Guide for Emigrants to the West by Peck, John Mason

Some zinc, in the state of a sulphuret, is found accompanying it.

From Scenes and Andventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas by Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe

The ore is in the state of a sulphuret, is easily reduced, and yields about sixty-two and a half per cent. of metal.

From Scenes and Andventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas by Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe

It is found in the metallic state, but accompanied also, as is said, by the sulphuret and carbonate of copper.

From Scenes and Andventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas by Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe

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