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Hair pyrites
(gcide) | Pyrites \Py*ri"tes\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? fire. See Pyre.]
(Min.)
A name given to a number of metallic minerals, sulphides of
iron, copper, cobalt, nickel, and tin, of a white or
yellowish color.
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Note: The term was originally applied to the mineral pyrite,
or iron pyrites, in allusion to its giving sparks when
struck with steel.
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Arsenical pyrites, arsenopyrite.
Auriferous pyrites. See under Auriferous.
Capillary pyrites, millerite.
Common pyrites, isometric iron disulphide; pyrite.
Hair pyrites, millerite.
Iron pyrites. See Pyrite.
Magnetic pyrites, pyrrhotite.
Tin pyrites, stannite.
White iron pyrites, orthorhombic iron disulphide;
marcasite. This includes cockscomb pyrites (a variety of
marcasite, named in allusion to its form), spear pyrites,
etc.
Yellow pyrites, or Copper pyrites, the sulphide of copper
and iron; chalcopyrite.
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hair pyrites
(gcide) | Millerite \Mil"ler*ite\, n. [From W. H. Miller, of Cambridge,
Eng.] (Min.)
A sulphide of nickel, commonly occurring in delicate
capillary crystals, also in incrustations of a bronze yellow;
-- sometimes called hair pyrites.
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hair pyrites
(gcide) | Pyrites \Py*ri"tes\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? fire. See Pyre.]
(Min.)
A name given to a number of metallic minerals, sulphides of
iron, copper, cobalt, nickel, and tin, of a white or
yellowish color.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The term was originally applied to the mineral pyrite,
or iron pyrites, in allusion to its giving sparks when
struck with steel.
[1913 Webster]
Arsenical pyrites, arsenopyrite.
Auriferous pyrites. See under Auriferous.
Capillary pyrites, millerite.
Common pyrites, isometric iron disulphide; pyrite.
Hair pyrites, millerite.
Iron pyrites. See Pyrite.
Magnetic pyrites, pyrrhotite.
Tin pyrites, stannite.
White iron pyrites, orthorhombic iron disulphide;
marcasite. This includes cockscomb pyrites (a variety of
marcasite, named in allusion to its form), spear pyrites,
etc.
Yellow pyrites, or Copper pyrites, the sulphide of copper
and iron; chalcopyrite.
[1913 Webster] PyriticMillerite \Mil"ler*ite\, n. [From W. H. Miller, of Cambridge,
Eng.] (Min.)
A sulphide of nickel, commonly occurring in delicate
capillary crystals, also in incrustations of a bronze yellow;
-- sometimes called hair pyrites.
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