Hi Rod,
You are absolutely right. As I said earlier, this is a name which has been
'picked up' locally and it has stuck - 'the dull grey ore'.
Trevor
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rod Goslin" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2008 8:40 PM
Subject: Re: Falhers ore
> 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.
>>
>> Best Wishes,
>> Uwe
>>
>>
>>
>> Dear List,
>>
>> You may be interested in viewing a piece of recently excavated Falhers
>> ore (which contained up to 16% silver) from the Combe Martin excavations.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> Kindest regards,
>>
>> Trevor
>>
>> http://www.cmsmrps.org.uk - a community archaeology initiative.
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