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arsenopyrite
[ ahr-suh-noh-pahy-rahyt, ahr-sen-uh- ]
noun
- a common mineral, iron arsenic sulfide, FeAsS, occurring in silver-white to steel-gray crystals or masses: an ore of arsenic.
arsenopyrite
/ ˌɑːsɪnəʊˈpaɪraɪt; ɑːˌsɛnə- /
noun
- 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
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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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