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marcasite

marcasite


  1  definition  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Marcasite  \Mar"ca*site\,  n.  [F.  marcassite;  cf  It  marcassita 
  Sp  marquesita  Pg  marquezita  all  fr  Ar  marqash[=i]tha.] 
  (Min.) 
  A  sulphide  of  iron  resembling  pyrite  or  common  iron  pyrites 
  in  composition,  but  differing  in  form  white  iron  pyrites. 
 
  {Golden  marcasite},  tin.  [Obs.]