Hypertext Webster Gateway: "pyrite"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Pyrite \Pyr"ite\, n.; pl. {Pyrites}. [Cf. F. pyrite. See
{Pyrites}.] (Min.)
A common mineral of a pale brass-yellow color and brilliant
metallic luster, crystallizing in the isometric system; iron
pyrites; iron disulphide.
Hence sable coal his massy couch extends, And stars of
gold the sparkling pyrite blends. --E. Darwin.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
pyrite
n : a common mineral (iron disulfide) that has a pale yellow
color [syn: {iron pyrite}, {fool's gold}]
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