Pyrrhotite
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Pyrrhotite![]() ![]() Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 Pyrrhotine \Pyr"rho*tine\, Pyrrhotite \Pyr"rho*tite\, n. [Gr. ? flame-colored, fr. ? fire.] (Min.) A bronze-colored mineral, of metallic luster. It is a sulphide of iron, and is remarkable for being attracted by the magnet. Called also magnetic pyrites. [1913 Webster] pyrrol Source: WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
pyrrhotite
n 1: a brownish iron sulfide mineral (FeS) having weak magnetic
properties [syn: pyrrhotite, pyrrhotine, magnetic
pyrites]
Matching Word(s) Pyrrhotine pyrrhotine
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