pyrargyrite

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr, “fire”) + ἄργῠρος (árguros, “silver”).

Noun

pyrargyrite (countable and uncountable, plural pyrargyrites)

1. (mineralogy) A sulfosalt mineral used as a silver ore; it is dark red or black in color with a metallic adamantine luster, a sulfide of antimony and silver, Ag₃SbS₃, and occurs in rhombohedral crystals.

   Synonym: ruby silver

Translations

a mineral, silver sulfantimonide

• Finnish: pyrargyriitti
• French: pyrargyrite (fr) f
• German: Pyrargyrit m
• Italian: pirargirite f
• Manx: argid roobeenagh m
• Spanish: pirargirita f

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Pyrargyrite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “pyrargyrite”, in Mindat.org‎^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.

French

Noun

pyrargyrite f (plural pyrargyrites)

1. (mineralogy) pyrargyrite

Further reading

• “pyrargyrite”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.