Pyrites /(?)/
Py·ri·tes
Pyrites
n.
- A name given to a number of metallic minerals, sulphides of iron, copper, cobalt, nickel, and tin, of a white or yellowish color. (Min.)
Phrases & Compounds
- 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
- the sulphide of copper and iron; chalcopyrite.