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pharmacolite

[ fahr-mak-uh-lahyt, fahr-muh-kuh- ]

noun

  1. hydrous calcium arsenate, 2CaO⋅As 2 O 5 ⋅5H 2 O, formed by natural alteration of mineral deposits containing arsenopyrite and arsenical ores of cobalt and silver.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of pharmacolite1

1795–1805; pharmaco- + -lite; modeled on German Pharmakolith
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Example Sentences

Arsenic is a constituent of the minerals arsenical iron, arsenical pyrites or mispickel, tin-white cobalt or smaltite, arsenical nickel, realgar, orpiment, pharmacolite and cobalt bloom, whilst it is also met with in small quantities in nearly all specimens of iron pyrites.

The mineral brushite, CaHPO4�2H2O, which is isomorphous with the acid arsenate pharmacolite, CaHAsO4�2H2O, is an acid phosphate, and assumes monoclinic forms.

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