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Webster 1913 Edition


Pyrargyrite

Py-rar′gy-rite

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Noun.
[Gr. [GREEK] fire + [GREEK] 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.