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arsenical nickel

See:nickeline; niccolite.

arsenical pyrite

See:arsenopyrite

arsenic bloom

See:arsenolite; pharmacolite.

arsenicite

See:pharmacolite

arsenic trioxide

A white, odorless, tasteless powder; AsO3 . Used in the manufacture
of pigments, glass, and other arsenic compounds, ceramic enamels, and
aniline colors; mixed with soda ash for boiler compounds.
Syn:white arsenic; arsenious oxide. CCD, 2

arsenious oxide

See:arsenic trioxide

arsenite

A mineral characterized by trivalent antimony and oxygen; e.g., trigonite,
Pb3 Mn(AsO3 )2 (AsO2 (OH).

arsenobismite

A yellowish-green mineral, Bi2 (AsO4 )(OH)3 .

arsenoclasite

An orthorhombic mineral, Mn5 (AsO4 )2 (OH)4 ;
red, from Laangban, Sweden. Also spelled arsenoklasite.

arsenolamprite

An orthorhombic mineral arsenic; dimorphous with arsenic.

arsenolite

An isometric mineral, As2 O3 ; dimorphous with claudetite.
Syn:arsenic bloom

arsenopyrite

a. A monoclinic mineral, 8[FeAsS] ; pseudo-orthorhombic, prismatic, and
metallic silver-white to steel gray; the most common arsenic mineral and
principal ore of arsenic; occurs in many sulfide ore deposits,
particularly those containing lead, silver, and gold. Syn:mispickel;
arsenical pyrite; white pyrite; white mundic.
b. The mineral group arsenopyrite, glaucodot, gudmundite, osarsite, and
ruarsite.

arsenosulvanite

An isometric mineral, Cu3 (As,V)S4 ; forms a series with
sulvanite. Syn:lazarevicite

arsenpolybasite

A monoclinic mineral, (Ag,Cu)16 (As,Sb)2 S11 . Also
spelled arsenopolybasite. CF:antimonpearceite

arsenuranocircite

Syn:heinrichite It is not clear which name has priority as applied to a
natural mineral. See also:metaheinrichite

arsenuranylite

The orthorhombic mineral, Ca(UO2 )4 (AsO4 )2
(OH)4 .6H2 O ; typically orange-red.

arterial road

A main road with secondary roads joining it. Hammond

artesian

a. Refers to ground water under sufficient hydrostatic head to rise above
the aquifer containing it. AGI
b. Pertaining to underground water that is confined by impervious rock or
other material under sufficient pressure to raise it above the upper level
of the saturated rock or other material in which it occurs, if this rock
or material is penetrated by wells or natural fissures. Formerly, the term
was applied only to water under sufficient pressure to raise it to the
surface of the Earth. Stokes

artesian aquifer

An aquifer that contains artesian water. AGI

artesian basin

A geologic structural feature or a combination of such features in which
water is confined under artesian pressure. AGI

artesian discharge

The process of discharge from a well by artesian pressure, and also the
quantity of water discharged. The artesian pressure is aided by the
buoyancy of the natural gas that enters some wells with the water.
Stokes