Meaning of sori | Babel Free

Definitions

Copper sulphate, especially combined with other impurities, particularly in the context of the Roman Empire.

historical, obsolete, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“[…] copper which had contracted an efflorescence from age; the Sori was sulphate of copper combined with zinc or other impurities; and the Misy was a combination of sulphate of copper with sulphate of iron⟳, the predominance of the[…]”

“There is another difference in that chalcitis contains three kinds of mineral, copper, misy and sori, each of which we shall describe⟳ in its place⟳. The approved variety of chalcitis is honey-coloured, and streaked with fine veins and is friable and not stony. It is also thought to be more useful when fresh[…]”

“[…] copper deposits and mentions the various oxidation products including chalcitis (disintegrated and oxidized pyrite/chalcopyrite), misy (copiapite: see⟳ glossary), sori (copper sulphate + iron⟳ sulphate), melanteria (iron⟳ sulphate[…]”

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