Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Pyrrhotite"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
pyrrhotite
n : a brownish iron sulfide mineral FeS having weak magnetic
properties [syn: {pyrrhotine}, {magnetic pyrites}]
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