horn silver

American  

noun

Mineralogy.

1. cerargyrite.

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horn silver British  

noun

1. another name for chloroargyrite

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Etymology

Origin of horn silver

1760–70; translation of German Hornsilber

Example Sentences

Afterward another block was found, weighing 87 pounds, of horn silver, with specimens nearly 75 per cent. silver.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 360, November 25, 1882 by Various

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

From A Man in the Open by Pocock, Roger

I mixed so much of distilled water with the well-washed horn silver as would just cover this powder.

From Artificial Light Its Influence upon Civilization by Luckiesh, Matthew

Occurrence and Reduction.—Silver is found uncombined, and combined, as Ag2S, argenite, and AgCl, horn silver.

From An Introduction to Chemical Science by Williams, Rufus Phillips

Chloride of silver occurs native as horn silver or kerargyrite.

From A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. by Beringer, Cornelius