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IN the summer of 1885 a rich silver ore was found at Himmelsfürst, near Freiberg; it was pronounced by A. Weisbach to be a new mineral, and was named Argyrodile. T. Richter examined its behaviour in the blow-pipe flame, and found that it consisted chiefly of sulphur and silver together with a little mercury, which latter element has never before been found at Freiberg.
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Discovery of a New Element by Clemens Winkler 1 . Nature 33, 418 (1886). https://doi.org/10.1038/033418d0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/033418d0