单词 | ruby silver |
释义 | > as lemmasruby silver ruby silver n. (also ruby silver ore) = red silver ore n. at red adj. and n. Compounds 1e(e)(ii). ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > sulphides and related minerals > sulpho-salts > [noun] > silver arsenic sulphide ruby silver1786 xanthocone1846 xanthoconite1868 pearceite1896 1786 Catal. Portland Mus. (Skinner & Co.) 9 A fine crystallized transparent Ruby Silver Ore. 1815 A. Aikin Man. Mineral. (ed. 2) 79 Red or Ruby Silver..occurs crystallized, dendritic, membranous, massive, and disseminated. 1882 Rep. Precious Metals (U.S. Bureau of Mint) i. 177 The vein..contains black sulphurets and ruby silver. 1922 T. M. Lowry Inorg. Chem. xliii. 844 Important ores of silver are: Silver sulphide, Ag2S, (i) as silver glance, or argentite..(iii) as pyrargyrite, or ruby silver ore, a silver sulphantimonite. 2001 O. Sacks Uncle Tungsten vi. 60 The beautiful, prismatic ‘ruby-silver’, proustite. < as lemmas |
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