Strictly speaking, fahlerz is not a lead mineral, being a copper/iron
antimonial sulphide. It's possible that the grey colour of this
argentiferous galena is the reason for the original (local) naming.
Rod Goslin
Uwe Meyerdirks wrote:
> Dear Trevor,
>
> thanks for the link.
> Maybe you would be interested on a more precise information on the term?
> The German word (linguistically, Austrian is really nothing more than a German dialect, but do not tell that an Austrian) Fahlerz is composed of the word "fahl" meaning pale or dull and "Erz" meaning ore.
> The term Fahlerz summarises the whole range of possible compositions from tennantite to tetraedrite and has been used by 16th century miners as well as by present-day mineralogists.
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> Best Wishes,
> Uwe
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> Dear List,
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> You may be interested in viewing a piece of recently excavated Falhers ore
> (which contained up to 16% silver) from the Combe Martin excavations.
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> Click on the like below and then the XML link from the first page, or enter the
> website and click on 'Quick link site map' and go to Newsround.
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> Kindest regards,
>
> Trevor
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> http://www.cmsmrps.org.uk - a community archaeology initiative.
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