亚洲网紅露点

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arsenopyrite

[ ahr-suh-noh-pahy-rahyt, ahr-sen-uh- ]

noun

  1. a common mineral, iron arsenic sulfide, FeAsS, occurring in silver-white to steel-gray crystals or masses: an ore of arsenic.


arsenopyrite

/ 藢蓱藧s瑟n蓹蕣藞pa瑟ra瑟t; 蓱藧藢s蓻n蓹- /

noun

  1. a white or grey metallic mineral consisting of a sulphide of iron and arsenic that forms monoclinic crystals with an orthorhombic shape: an ore of arsenic. Formula: FeAsS Also calledmispickel
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of arsenopyrite1

First recorded in 1880鈥85; arseno- + pyrite
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And it is full of arsenic trioxide, a compound that is produced by heating arsenopyrite ore, a mineral that has traces of gold.

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They are rather characteristic of the oxide zones of certain arsenical metallic ores, and are believed in many cases to have formed from arsenopyrite.

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If arsenopyrite is heated in a current of air, what products are formed?

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