iron pyrites
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of iron pyrites
First recorded in 1795–1805
Example Sentences
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The cock, also regulated by a spring, was fitted with a piece of iron pyrites.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" by Various
Her "tinder-box" was a little seal-skin bag of soft dry moss, and with a lump of iron pyrites and a broken file she struck fire upon it.
From In the Arctic Seas A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions by Francis Leopold McClintock
Don't you know the difference between gold and iron pyrites yet?
From The Pike's Peak Rush Terry in the New Gold Fields by Edwin L. (Edwin Legrand) Sabin
Where you're to blame is for having gone off on a wild-goose chase and left the claims and then been bamboozled by such nonsense as sacks full of iron pyrites.
From The Pike's Peak Rush Terry in the New Gold Fields by Edwin L. (Edwin Legrand) Sabin
Sulphur in iron pyrites also acts as a reducing agent upon litharge, and increases the apparent effect in a similar manner.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various
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