horn silver

noun

, Mineralogy.

1. cerargyrite.

horn silver

noun

1. another name for chloroargyrite

Word History and Origins

Origin of horn silver¹

1760–70; translation of German Hornsilber

Example Sentences

He soon joined up with his brother, Chuck Kremin, and house painter Herb Robbins, to start buying buildings around the old silver-mining town, which was originally settled in the 1880s and first called Lime Point and then Horn Silver before folks settled on Gold Point.

From Los Angeles Times

Below us, as we walk on the terrace, lies the Golden Horn, silver in the starlight, and across its waters the city of Stamboul stands dim, forlorn, and lovely.

From Project Gutenberg

It runs three hundred dollars to the ton in horn silver, and looks more like jewels than mineral.

From Project Gutenberg

In the Horn silver mine, of Utah, the zinc mingled with the silver ore is betrayed by the abundance of the zinc violet, a delicate and beautiful cousin of the pansy.

From Project Gutenberg

Fragments of horn silver lay scattered among the cactus and dagger-plants in the bed of the dry wash.

From Project Gutenberg