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འཁྲོ
p. khros vi. to be angry [RY]
be angry [IW]
(med) Brass ore, alpha brass. Synonyms : 'khro nag, 'khro ser (Yeshi 2018)
'khro nag gdon gzer srin dang dug nad 'joms / zhes pa / rdo bzhus pa las byung ba'i 'khro lcags rgya nag pas bzhu blugs byas pa'i snod rigs 'byung ba brdung du med pa 'di dar che bas shes sla ba 'dis gdon gzer dang 'bu srin las sbyar ba'i dug la phan par bshad pa'o // (Shel gong shel phreng, pdf p 113.3)
Alpha-Brass (Cu3Zn) is a yellow ore with copper-zinc proportions close to technical brass ( see li). The mineral Aurichalcite (see rag) named after Aurichalcum (Latinized version of the Greek "mountain copper"), yellow copper or brass, in allusion to its copper and zinc content, the constituents of brass.Brass is slightly harder than copper, but not as hard as bronze (mindat.org).
Johannes Schmidt (talk) 08:37, 28 February 2024 (EST)