pyrargyrite
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py·rar·gy·rite 
[pahy-rahr-juh-rahyt] Pronunciation Key
[pahy-rahr-juh-rahyt] Pronunciation Key –noun
| a blackish mineral, silver antimony sulfide, AgSbS3, showing, when transparent, a deep ruby-red color by transmitted light; ruby silver: an ore of silver. |
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| py·rar·gy·rite
(pī-rär'jə-rīt', pĭ-) Pronunciation Key
n. A deep red to black silver ore with composition Ag3SbS3. [German Pyrargyrit : Greek puro-, pyro- + Greek arguros, silver; see argent.] |
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Pyrargyrite
Py*rar"gy*rite\, n. [Gr. ? fire + ? silver.] (Min.) Ruby silver; dark red silver ore. It is a sulphide of antimony and silver, occurring in rhombohedral crystals or massive, and is of a dark red or black color with a metallic adamantine luster.
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