pyritizev.
/ˈpʌɪrʌɪtʌɪz/, /ˈpʌɪrᵻtʌɪz/, U.S. /ˈpaɪˌraɪdaɪz/ rare.
transitive. To impregnate with pyrites; esp. to replace the original material of (petrified wood, a fossil, etc.) with iron pyrites.
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1860 Jrnl. Geol. Soc. Dublin 8 80 They are accompanied by numerous other ordinary carboniferous fossils, especially by the Goniatites striolatus, the surface of which is ornamentally pyritised.
1960 Bull. U.S. Geol. Surv. No. 1028-Q. 555 The older andesitic rocks, and, to a lesser extent the basaltic rocks, have been chemically altered and pyritized.
1997 Chem. Geol. 135 55 Excess H2S diffused downwards to pyritize the uppermost part of the underlying freshwater sediments.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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