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pyrites

[ pahy-rahy-teez, puh-, pahy-rahyts ]

noun

Mineralogy.
plural pyrites.
  1. any of various other metallic sulfides, as of copper or tin.


pyrites

/ paɪˈraɪtiːz; ˈpaɪraɪts /

noun

  1. another name for pyrite
  2. any of a number of other disulphides of metals, esp of copper and tin
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of pyrites1

1545–55; < Latin īٱ (plural); pyrite
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The H2S reacted with iron in the basalt to make pyrites, so if exhaust gas were sequestered routinely, scrubbing might not be needed.

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Some of the others brought glistening stones, and among them, apparently pyrites, which very commonly accompanies gold, but of the precious metal itself Raleigh could hardly boast a speck in truth.

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The ore being now carefully examined proved worthless pyrites; and the Arctic gold mines seem to have proved a “fizzle” as great as any of the worst which have succeeded them.

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An earth abounding in pyrites, used by the ancients to kill insects, etc., on vines; Ð applied by Brongniart to a carbonaceous alum schist.

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The rock near here is greenstone, in which are many veins of pyrites.

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