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Lav/sium :: Lav/sium (n.) A supposed new metallic element. It is said to have been discovered in pyrites, and some other minerals, and to be of a silver-white color, and malleable..

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

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

Sulphur :: Sulphur (n.) A nonmetallic element occurring naturally in large quantities, either combined as in the sulphides (as pyrites) and sulphates (as gypsum), or native in volcanic regions, in vast beds mixed with gypsum and various earthy materials, from which it is melted out. Symbol S. Atomic weight 32. The specific gravity of ordinary octohedral sulphur is 2.05; of prismatic sulphur, 1.96..

Pyritohedral :: Pyritohedral (a.) Like pyrites in hemihedral form.

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..

Copperas :: Copperas (n.) Green vitriol, or sulphate of iron; a green crystalline substance, of an astringent taste, used in making ink, in dyeing black, as a tonic in medicine, etc. It is made on a large scale by the oxidation of iron pyrites. Called also ferrous sulphate..

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

Persulphide :: Persulphide (n.) A sulphide containing more sulphur than some other compound of the same elements; as, iron pyrites is a persulphide; -- formerly called persulphuret..

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

Brass :: Brass (n.) Lumps of pyrites or sulphuret of iron, the color of which is near to that of brass..

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

Seleniferous :: Seleniferous (a.) Containing, or impregnated with, selenium; as, seleniferous pyrites..

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

Stanno- :: Stannite (n.) A mineral of a steel-gray or iron-black color; tin pyrites. It is a sulphide of tin, copper, and iron..

Pyrites :: 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..

Pyrites :: Pyrites (pl. ) of Pyrit.

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..

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

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

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