单词 | native amalgam |
释义 | > as lemmasnative amalgam native amalgam n. an amalgam of mercury with silver or gold, found crystalline, massive, or semi-fluid in various countries.extracted from amalgamn.native amalgam ΚΠ 1788 G. von Engestrom tr. A. F. Cronstedt Ess. towards Syst. Mineral. (ed. 2) II. §267. 544 Mr. Romé de l'Isle, speaks of a native amalgam of silver and mercury..which was found (at Muschel Landsberg, in the Dutchy of Deux-Ponts) in a ferrugineous matrix, mixed with cinnabar. 1816 P. Cleaveland Elem. Treat. Mineral. & Geol. 444 Argental Mercury. This native amalgam [etc.]. 1842 Ladies' Repository Mar. 80/2 We have the native mercury, native amalgam, muriate and sulphuret of mercury, as natural productions. 1875 R. Hunt & F. W. Rudler Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 7) I. 133 A native amalgam of mercury and silver occurs in fine crystals in the mines of Moschellandsberg, in the Palatinate. < as lemmas |
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