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What (who) is mispickel - definition

SULFIDE MINERAL
Mispickel; Arsenical iron; Bronce blanco; Arsenical pyrites
  • Arsenopyrite crystal from the Yaogangxian Mine, Hunan, China (size: 2.7 x 2.0 x 1.7 cm)
  • Microscopic picture of Arsenopyrite

Mispickel         
·noun Arsenical iron pyrites; arsenopyrite.
mispickel         
['m?sp?k(?)l]
¦ noun another term for arsenopyrite.
Origin
C17: from Ger.
arsenopyrite         
[??:s(?)n??'p??r??t]
¦ noun a silvery-grey mineral consisting of an arsenide and sulphide of iron and cobalt.

Wikipedia

Arsenopyrite

Arsenopyrite (IMA symbol: Apy) is an iron arsenic sulfide (FeAsS). It is a hard (Mohs 5.5-6) metallic, opaque, steel grey to silver white mineral with a relatively high specific gravity of 6.1. When dissolved in nitric acid, it releases elemental sulfur. When arsenopyrite is heated, it produces sulfur and arsenic vapor. With 46% arsenic content, arsenopyrite, along with orpiment, is a principal ore of arsenic. When deposits of arsenopyrite become exposed to the atmosphere, the mineral slowly converts into iron arsenates. Arsenopyrite is generally an acid-consuming sulfide mineral, unlike iron pyrite which can lead to acid mine drainage.

The crystal habit, hardness, density, and garlic odour when struck are diagnostic. Arsenopyrite in older literature may be referred to as mispickel, a name of German origin.

Arsenopyrite also can be associated with significant amounts of gold. Consequently, it serves as an indicator of gold bearing reefs. Many arsenopyrite gold ores are refractory, i.e. the gold is not easily cyanide leached from the mineral matrix.

Arsenopyrite is found in high temperature hydrothermal veins, in pegmatites, and in areas of contact metamorphism or metasomatism.