Etymology

pyrargyrite

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Today it means: 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. Full definition →

Ancient Greek πῦρ
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromπῦρ“fire”
  2. English todaypyrargyrite

From Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr, “fire”) + ἄργῠρος (árgŭros, “silver”). By surface analysis, pyr- + argyr- + -ite.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekπῦρ all →

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