noun
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another name for pyrite
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any of a number of other disulphides of metals, esp of copper and tin
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Etymology
Origin of pyrites
1545–55; < Latin pyrītes (plural); see pyrite
Example Sentences
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Sulphur from pyrites deposits was largely ignored, since brimstone is cheaper and easier to use.
From Time Magazine Archive
They made a small amount of pyrites containing radioactive sulphur and mixed it with a coke-oven charge of coal.
From Time Magazine Archive
A sulphide having two atoms of sulphur in the molecule; a disulphide, as in iron pyrites, FeS2; Ð less frequently called bisulphuret.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah
Sometimes, as is the case with pyrites, it is entirely devoid of metal.
From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Agricola, Georgius
This ore is often found mixed with iron or copper pyrites, and sometimes with blende.
From The Inhabitants of the Philippines by Sawyer, Frederic H.
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