pyrargyrite
Meanings
noun
- A sulfosalt mineral used as a silver ore; it is dark red or black in color with a metallic adamantine luster, a sulfide of antimony and silver, Ag₃SbS₃, and occurs in rhombohedral crystals.
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Etymology
From Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr, “fire”) + ἄργῠρος (árgŭros, “silver”). By surface analysis, pyr- + argyr- + -ite.
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