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Definition of Pyrites
1. Noun. Any of various metallic-looking sulfides (of which pyrite is the commonest).
Definition of Pyrites
1. n. A name given to a number of metallic minerals, sulphides of iron, copper, cobalt, nickel, and tin, of a white or yellowish color.
Definition of Pyrites
1. Noun. (plural of pyrite) ¹
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Definition of Pyrites
1. pyrite [n] - See also: pyrite
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pyrites
Literary usage of Pyrites
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report by Tasmania Dept. of Mines (1897)
"copper pyrites. The shaft is at the NE end of a trench about 100 feet long running
S. 30° W., the schist containing a little copper pyrites all through it, ..."
2. Philosophical Magazine (1805)
"147.] § VIII. X1 ROM the whole which has been stated we find, 1. That the substance
called magnetical pyrites, which has hitherto been found only ..."
3. Outlines of Industrial Chemistry: A Text-book for Students by Frank Hall Thorp, Warren Kendall Lewis (1916)
"The acid may be made from brimstone, pyrites, blende, hydrogen sulphide, or the
sulphur dioxide produced in metallurgical processes. ..."
4. Elements of Chemical and Physical Geology by Gustav Bischof (1854)
"This formation of iron pyrites can only be explained by the presence of sulphates;
and, so far as it goes on in the sea, only by the decomposition of ..."
5. Outlines of Industrial Chemistry: A Text-book for Students by Frank Hall Thorp, Warren Kendall Lewis (1916)
"The acid may be made from brimstone, pyrites, blende, hydrogen sulphide, or the
sulphur dioxide produced in metallurgical processes. ..."
6. The Metallurgy of Gold by Thomas Kirke Rose (1898)
"Gold in pyrites.—In the preceding pages no account has been taken of the loss of
gold ... In general, pyrites yields an extremely low percentage of its gold ..."
7. The Metallurgy of Gold by Thomas Kirke Rose (1898)
"Gold in pyrites.—In the preceding pages no account has been taken of the loss of
gold ... In general, pyrites yields an extremely low percentage of its gold ..."
8. Journal by Iron and Steel Institute (1892)
"pyrites in the Croton Magnetic Iron Ore Mines.—The late discovery of large
quantities of magnetic and non-magnetic pyrites in the Croton magnetic iron ..."
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