sulphuret
Britishverb
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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
Thus Dana says: "Merely the rapid motion of a feather across some specimens of sulphuret of zinc will often elicit light more or less intense from this metal."
From The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by Rameur, E.
Appearances denote the existence of sulphuret of lead in the vicinity.
From Scenes and Andventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas by Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe
The silver ore of Esmeralda and Coso is a sulphuret of silver, nearly all the veins having the same material, though the amount of it scattered through the vein-stone differs greatly in different lodes.
From Hittel on Gold Mines and Mining by Hittell, John S. (John Shertzer)
Zinc is abundant, but as the ore is the sulphuret, it is not very valuable.
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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