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noun, plural py·ri·tes. Mineralogy.
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any of various other metallic sulfides, as of copper or tin.
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noun
a very common brass-yellow mineral, iron disulfide, FeS2, with a metallic luster, burned to sulfur dioxide in the manufacture of sulfuric acid: chemically similar to marcasite, but crystallizing in the isometric system.
Also, pyrites.
Also called iron pyrites.
Origin:
1560–70; < Latin pyrītēs < Greek pyrī́tēs, noun use of adj.: of fire, so called because it produces sparks when struck. See pyr-, -ite1
1560–70; < Latin pyrītēs < Greek pyrī́tēs, noun use of adj.: of fire, so called because it produces sparks when struck. See pyr-, -ite1
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| pyrites (paɪˈraɪtiːz, (in combination) ˈpaɪraɪts) | |
| —n , pl -tes | |
| 1. | another name for pyrite |
| 2. | any of a number of other disulphides of metals, esp of copper and tin |
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