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sori1
- pluralbiologyplural of sorus
sori2
- historicalobsoleteuncountableCopper sulphate, especially combined with other impurities, particularly in the context of the Roman Empire.
[…] copper which had contracted an efflorescence from age; the Sori was sulphate of copper combined with zinc or other impurities; and the Misy was a combination of sulphate of copper with sulphate of iron, the predominance of the[…]
1851, Monthly Journal of Medical Science, page 2542 more examples
There is another difference in that chalcitis contains three kinds of mineral, copper, misy and sori, each of which we shall describe in its place. The approved variety of chalcitis is honey-coloured, and streaked with fine veins and is friable and not stony. It is also thought to be more useful when fresh[…]
1966 June 1, Forbes, Studies in Ancient Technology, BRILL, →ISBN, page 78[…] copper deposits and mentions the various oxidation products including chalcitis (disintegrated and oxidized pyrite/chalcopyrite), misy (copiapite: see glossary), sori (copper sulphate + iron sulphate), melanteria (iron sulphate[…]
2024 May 1, Robert W. Boyle, A History of Geochemistry and Cosmochemistry, from Prehistory to the End of the Classical Period, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, →ISBN, page 155
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