PYRITES
\pa͡ɪɹˈa͡ɪtiːz], \paɪɹˈaɪtiːz], \p_aɪ_ɹ_ˈaɪ_t_iː_z]\
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A name given to a number of metallic minerals, sulphides of iron, copper, cobalt, nickel, and tin, of a white or yellowish color.
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By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A native compound of sulphur with other metals, so called because it strikes fire when struck against steel.
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PYRITIC, PYRITICAL.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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