noun
a yellow copper ore (CuFeS2) made up of copper and iron sulfide
• Syn: ↑chalcopyrite
• Hypernyms: ↑mineral
• Substance Meronyms: ↑copper, ↑Cu, ↑atomic number 29
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Mineral.
chalcopyrite.
[1770-80]
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copper pyrites plural noun
A yellow double sulphide of copper and iron, chalcopyrite
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Main Entry: ↑copper
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copper pyrites
Sulphide of copper and iron, chalcopyrite, a mineral very similar to iron pyrites
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Main Entry: ↑pyrites
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copper pyrites,
= chalcopyrite. (Cf. ↑chalcopyrite)
Useful english dictionary. 2012.