luna cornea

English

Etymology

See Luna (“silver in alchemy”), and Latin cornea (“horn”), which it resembles.

Noun

luna cornea (uncountable)

  1. (chemistry, obsolete) horn silver, or fused silver chloride, a tough, brown, translucent mass
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