- Copper pyrites
- Pyrites Py*ri"tes, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? fire. See {Pyre}.]
(Min.)
A name given to a number of metallic minerals, sulphides of
iron, copper, cobalt, nickel, and tin, of a white or
yellowish color.
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Note: The term was originally applied to the mineral pyrite, or iron pyrites, in allusion to its giving sparks when struck with steel. [1913 Webster]
{Arsenical pyrites}, arsenopyrite.
{Auriferous pyrites}. See under {Auriferous}.
{Capillary pyrites}, millerite.
{Common pyrites}, isometric iron disulphide; pyrite.
{Hair pyrites}, millerite.
{Iron pyrites}. See {Pyrite}.
{Magnetic pyrites}, pyrrhotite.
{Tin pyrites}, stannite.
{White iron pyrites}, orthorhombic iron disulphide; marcasite. This includes cockscomb pyrites (a variety of marcasite, named in allusion to its form), spear pyrites, etc.
{Yellow pyrites}, or {Copper pyrites}, the sulphide of copper and iron; chalcopyrite. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.