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Examples of pyrites
pyrites
The glistening, brass-coloured fragments I mistook for gold were iron pyrites.
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Sulfur will be obtained from pyrites, then gypsum or anhydrite.
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Enclosures of pyrites may give a bluish color to amber.
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They also have celestite, emery, feldspar, limestone, magnesite, marble, perlite, pumice, pyrites, clay, arable land and hydropower.
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Among other minerals found in them are biotite, chlorite, tourmaline, epidote, apatite, garnet, hornblende, augite, sphene and pyrites.
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Other major natural resources in production include lead, tungsten, graphite, magnesite, gold, pyrites, fluorspar, and hydropower.
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The soil of Maremma is rich in iron, copper, lead, zinc and pyrites, giving the red wines a pronounced minerality that northern Tuscan wines often lack.
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The short-lived Breakneck Valley Gold Rush ended with the results of an assay of the deposits in London, showing that they were iron pyrites.
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Cubes of iron pyrites grown into unstable-looking towers sit next to Rhinegold, nuggets of platinum, and what look like silver scouring pads.
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- Any of various metallic-looking sulfides (of which pyrite is the commonest)
- (pyrite) a common mineral (iron disulfide) that has a pale yellow color
- The mineral pyrite, or iron pyrite, is an iron sulfide with the formula FeS2. This mineral's metallic lustre and pale-to-normal, brass-yellow hue have earned it the nickname fool's gold because of its resemblance to gold. ...
- (Pyrite) The natural sulfides of certain metals. The most common is iron pyrite, which is iron disulfide (FeS2), a brittle mineral that is a brassy yellow in color with greenish-black streaks.
- Pyrite is a common yellow mineral (FeS2).Pyrite has a brilliant metallic luster and an absence of cleavage, and has been mistaken for gold (which is softer and heavier). It commonly crystallizes in cubes, octahedrons, or pyritohedrons. ...
- (Pyrite) An iron sulphide mineral
- (PYRITE) A name for many compounds of metals with sulpher or arsenic, especially iron pyrites or copper pyrites. Pyrite is brassyellow and brittle, but because of its color, is often mistaken for gold, hence the name "fool's gold."
- (Pyrite (Geology)) At the circus, a clown threw a fake rock at another and got a pyrite in his face.
- (Pyrite) A magickal stone whose qualities are that of prosperity, energy generation, circulation and flow.
