mispickel

Thân thiện

A miner holds a piece of mispickel in a rocky cavern.

Definition

Noun: 1. A mineral, an ore of arsenic: Mispickel is a silver-white to steel-grey mineral, primarily composed of iron, arsenic, and sulfur (FeAsS). It is the most common ore mineral for arsenic.

Usage

• Mispickel is a technical term used in geology, mineralogy, and mining.
• It is typically found in hydrothermal veins and certain types of metamorphic rocks.
• The term is used to identify the mineral itself or to describe a source of arsenic.

Examples

• "The geologist identified the silver-grey veins in the rock as mispickel."
• "Arsenic for industrial use is often extracted from mispickel."
• "The mine's primary economic mineral was mispickel, alongside smaller amounts of gold."

Advanced Usage

• In historical contexts, mispickel was sometimes referred to by its more modern mineralogical name, arsenopyrite. While "mispickel" remains a valid term, "arsenopyrite" is more precise and commonly used in contemporary scientific literature.

Variants and Related Words

• Arsenopyrite (n): The modern and more scientifically precise name for the same mineral (FeAsS). This is a synonym, not a variant of the word "mispickel" itself.
• Arsenic ore (n): A general term for minerals from which arsenic is extracted; mispickel is the principal one.

Synonyms

• Arsenopyrite (scientific synonym)
• Arsenical pyrites (archaic term)

Notes on Meaning

The word "mispickel" has only one specific meaning: it refers exclusively to the mineral arsenopyrite. It does not have different meanings in different contexts. Its usage is highly specialized.

Học thuật

Noun

1. a silver-white or grey ore of arsenic

Từ đồng nghĩa

• arsenopyrite