Hypertext Webster Gateway: "chalcopyrite"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Chalcopyrite \Chal`co*pyr"ite\, n. [Gr. chalko`s brass + E.
pyrite. So named from its color.] (Min.)
Copper pyrites, or yellow copper ore; a common ore of copper,
containing copper, iron, and sulphur. It occurs massive and
in tetragonal crystals of a bright brass yellow color.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
chalcopyrite
n : a yellow copper ore (CuFeS2) made up of copper-iron sulfide
[syn: {copper pyrites}]
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