combining form of ARSENIC, or ARSENOUS, in compounds and derivatives; as
a. in Chem. arseno-sulphide, a combination of arsenous or arsenious sulphide with a metallic sulphide; arseno-benzene, etc.
b. in Min. Arsenocrocite, synonym of ARSENIOSIDERITE. Arsenolite [Gr. λίθος stone: see -LITE], Dana’s name for white arsenic as a native mineral. † Arsenomelan, obs. synonym of Sartorite and Dufrenoysite, two native arsenio-sulphides of lead. Arsenopyrite [Gr. πυρίτης fire-stone: see PYRITE], native arsenio-sulphide of iron, a mineral of metallic luster, and silvery-gray color, called also Mispickel (Dana). In Brit. Mus. Catal., a synonym of Dufrenoysite.
1881. Raymond, Mining Gloss., Arsenic ores: mispickel (arsenopyrite, arsenical pyrites, arseno-sulphide of iron).
1854. Dana, Min. (1880), 184. As the name arsenite is used in chemistry for compounds of arsenous acid, the author in 1854 changed it to arsenolite.
1875. Ure, Dict. Arts, s.v., White Arsenic or Arsenious Acid (Arsenolite) occurs either in minute radiating capillary crystals and crusts investing other substances, or in a stalactitic or botryoidal form.
