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Definition of Chalcopyrite
1. Noun. A yellow copper ore (CuFeS2) made up of copper and iron sulfide.
Definition of Chalcopyrite
1. 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.
Definition of Chalcopyrite
1. Noun. (minerology) A yellow mineral that is a mixed sulfide of copper and iron, with the chemical formula CuFeS2. ¹
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Definition of Chalcopyrite
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Chalcopyrite
Literary usage of Chalcopyrite
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transactions by American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers, Metallurgical Society of AIME, Society of Mining Engineers of AIME., Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration (U.S.). (1916)
"This strongly suggests that a part of the blue chalcocite and bornite is formed
as in the chalcopyrite by an addition of iron from the solutions acting on ..."
2. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1917)
"chalcopyrite This mineral is undoubtedly the most abundant primary copper sulphide in
... chalcopyrite is generally associated with the more siliceous ores, ..."
3. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1916)
"been a gradual migration of the iron from the chalcopyrite border veinlets and
gashes. This strongly suggests that a part of the blue chalcocite and bornite ..."
4. Guide to the Mineral Collections in the Illinois State Museum by Alja Robinson Crook, Illinois State Museum (1920)
"The Cordilleran region from Arizona to Montana furnishes large quantities of
chalcopyrite. Many fine crystals have been found at French Creek, Pennsylvania, ..."
5. Ore-deposits: A Sequel to the 2d Ed. of "The Genesis of Ore-deposits," by by Samuel Franklin Emmons, František Pošepný, George Ferdinand Becker, John Duer Irving, H. DeWitt Smith, Henry Gardiner Ferguson (1913)
"Relation of chalcopyrite to Pyrrhotite.—From the massive nature of the ...
There are, however, certain relations existing between the chalcopyrite and the ..."
6. Petrographic Methods: The Authorized English Translation of Part I by Ernst Weinschenk, Robert Watson Clark (1912)
"chalcopyrite chalcopyrite (CuFeS2) is quite rare as a ... The distinction by
means of the greenish-yellow color of chalcopyrite is then very easy. ..."
7. Official Report Upon the Mines, Mining, Metallurgy and Mining Laws, &c., &c by Henry Davis Hoskold (1904)
"Enargite, malachite, chalcopyrite. . . . Enargite, chalcopyrite, green carbonate .
... green carbonate 23 large samples of enargite, chalcopyrite,! etc., ..."
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