| 单词 | yellow ore |
| 释义 | > as lemmasyellow ore yellow ore n. (a) (with the) gold; cf. ore n.2 3; (b) any of various yellow-coloured metal ores, spec. chalcopyrite (now chiefly historical). ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > ore > [noun] > metal ore > copper ore > types of red copper1507 misy1543 grey copper1590 yellow ore1630 grey orea1728 pitch ore1776 red copper ore1776 fahlerz1796 tile-ore1823 cuprite1850 lettsomite1850 velvet copper-ore1850 yellows1851 meneghinite1852 peacock copper1858 peacock ore1858 horseflesh ore1868 plush-copper1881 the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > sulphides and related minerals > [noun] > sphalenite group > copper iron sulphide pyrites1567 yellow ore1630 podar1778 magnetic pyrites1809 bornite1811 towanite1852 peacock copper1858 peacock ore1858 homichlin1859 horseflesh ore1868 talnakhite1969 1630 M. Drayton Muses Elizium ii. 19 And of thy Chariot each small peece Shall inlayd be with Amber Greece, And guilded with the Yellow oreProduc'd from Tagus wealthy shore. 1670 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 5 1043 There are divers sorts of Ore, but the chief difference is between the Yellow and the Black: the Yellow is pure Copper-ore: the Black contains also a proportion of Silver.] 1700 C. Leigh Nat. Hist. Lancs. i. iv. 85 And here I shall give you a Process in making a small Essay to satisfy the Curious, what quantity of Copper the yellow Ore contains. 1854 G. Lippard New York ii. v. 71/2 What religion has ruled so absolutely and reigned so long, as this deep-implanted golden superstition,—this Catholic religion of the yellow ore? 1881 Trans. Amer. Inst. Mining Engineers 1880–1 9 192 Yellow-ore..Chalcopyrite. 1983 Jrnl. Early Republic 3 118 The major variety was the ‘Appalachian sulfide coppers’, basically the mineral chalcopyrite (‘yellow ore’). 2003 Times 23 Sept. 3/1 A sharp fall in the value of the US dollar sparked the 2.5 per cent rise in the yellow ore, which finished the day on the London market at $386 (£234) per troy ounce. < as lemmas |
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