mispickel

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mispickel - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Mispickel \Mis*pick"el\, n. [G.] (Min.)
     Arsenical iron pyrites; arsenopyrite.
     [1913 Webster]

  Arsenopyrite \Ar`sen*o*pyr"ite\, n. [Arsenic + pyrite.] (Min.)
     A mineral of a tin-white color and metallic luster,
     containing arsenic, sulphur, and iron; -- also called
     arsenical pyrites and mispickel.
     [1913 Webster]

mispickel - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  mispickel
      n 1: a silver-white or grey ore of arsenic [syn: arsenopyrite,
           mispickel]