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pyrite


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pyrite  \Pyr"ite\,  n.;  pl  {Pyrites}.  [Cf.  F.  pyrite.  See 
  {Pyrites}.]  (Min.) 
  A  common  mineral  of  a  pale  brass-yellow  color  and  brilliant 
  metallic  luster,  crystallizing  in  the  isometric  system;  iron 
  pyrites;  iron  disulphide. 
 
  Hence  sable  coal  his  massy  couch  extends,  And  stars  of 
  gold  the  sparkling  pyrite  blends.  --E.  Darwin. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  pyrite 
  n  :  a  common  mineral  (iron  disulfide)  that  has  a  pale  yellow 
  color  [syn:  {iron  pyrite},  {fool's  gold}] 




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