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pyrite
py·rite
[
p rt
]
or
py·ri·tes
[
pī rteez,
p rts
]
noun
Definition:
brass-colored mineral containing sulfur:
a common iron sulfide mineral with a brassy metallic luster. Use: source of iron and sulfur.
[
Mid-19th century. < French, or Latin
pyrites
< Greek
purites (lithos)
"fire (stone)"
]
py·rit·ic
[
pī ríttik
]
adjective
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py·rit·ic [ pī ríttik ] adjective
