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arsenopyrite
[ahr-suh-noh-pahy-rahyt, ahr-sen-uh-]
noun
a common mineral, iron arsenic sulfide, FeAsS, occurring in silver-white to steel-gray crystals or masses: an ore of arsenic.
arsenopyrite
/ ˌɑːsɪnəʊˈpaɪraɪt, ɑːˌsɛnə- /
noun
Also called: mispickel.a white or grey metallic mineral consisting of a sulphide of iron and arsenic that forms monoclinic crystals with an orthorhombic shape: an ore of arsenic. Formula: FeAsS
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of arsenopyrite1
Example Sentences
And it is full of arsenic trioxide, a compound that is produced by heating arsenopyrite ore, a mineral that has traces of gold.
They are rather characteristic of the oxide zones of certain arsenical metallic ores, and are believed in many cases to have formed from arsenopyrite.
If arsenopyrite is heated in a current of air, what products are formed?
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