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Pyritical :: Pyritical (a.) Of or pertaining to pyrites; consisting of, or resembling, pyrites..

Pyritiferous :: Pyritiferous (a.) Containing or producing pyrites.

Marcasite :: Marcasite (n.) A sulphide of iron resembling pyrite or common iron pyrites in composition, but differing in form; white iron pyrites..

Pyritohedron :: Pyritohedron (n.) The pentagonal dodecahedron, a common form of pyrite..

Pyritize :: Pyritize (v. t.) To convert into pyrites.

Bisulphide :: Bisulphide (n.) A sulphide having two atoms of sulphur in the molecule; a disulphide, as in iron pyrites, FeS2; -- less frequently called bisulphuret..

Loellingite :: Loellingite (n.) A tin-white arsenide of iron, isomorphous with arsenopyrite..

Brat :: Brat (n.) A thin bed of coal mixed with pyrites or carbonate of lime.

Mispickel :: Mispickel (n.) Arsenical iron pyrites; arsenopyrite.

Melampyrite :: Melampyrite (n.) The saccharine substance dulcite; -- so called because found in the leaves of cowwheat (Melampyrum). See Dulcite.

Magistral :: Magistral (n.) Powdered copper pyrites used in the amalgamation of ores of silver, as at the Spanish mines of Mexico and South America..

Pyrrhotite :: Pyrrhotite (n.) A bronze-colored mineral, of metallic luster. It is a sulphide of iron, and is remarkable for being attracted by the magnet. Called also magnetic pyrites..

Firestone :: Firestone (n.) Iron pyrites, formerly used for striking fire; also, a flint..

Pyritaceous :: Pyritaceous (a.) Of or pertaining to pyrites. See Pyritic.

Danaite :: Danaite (n.) A cobaltiferous variety of arsenopyrite.

Alum Shale :: Alum shale () A variety of shale or clay slate, containing iron pyrites, the decomposition of which leads to the formation of alum, which often effloresces on the rock..

Millerite :: Millerite (n.) A sulphide of nickel, commonly occurring in delicate capillary crystals, also in incrustations of a bronze yellow; -- sometimes called hair pyrites..

Chalcopyrite :: Chalcopyrite (n.) Copper pyrites, or yellow copper ore; a common ore of copper, containing copper, iron, and sulphur. It occurs massive and in tetragonal crystals of a bright brass yellow color..

Pyrite :: Pyrite (n.) A common mineral of a pale brass-yellow color and brilliant metallic luster, crystallizing in the isometric system; iron pyrites; iron disulphide..

Arsenopyrite :: Arsenopyrite (n.) A mineral of a tin-white color and metallic luster, containing arsenic, sulphur, and iron; -- also called arsenical pyrites and mispickel..

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