单词 | pyritous |
释义 | pyritousadj. Mineralogy and Geology. Having the character of or containing pyrites; resembling or characteristic of pyrites. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > mineral sources > [adjective] > yielding a mineral or metal > pyrites pyritical1734 pyritose1741 pyritous1741 pyritic1751 pyrity1757 pyritaceous1784 pyritiferous1828 the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > sulphides and related minerals > [adjective] > pyrites pyritical1734 pyritose1741 pyritous1741 pyritic1751 pyritaceous1784 1741 tr. J. A. Cramer Elements Art of assaying Metals ii. xxxiii. 295 Add also something of Filings of Iron, unless the Ore be of itself pyritous [L. Pyritosa]. 1756 C. Lucas Ess. Waters ii. 180 More or less of the pyritous smell is generally perceptible. 1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature II. 112 All pit coal is more or less pyritous. 1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 337 Pyritous Copper; Kupferkies; a metallic looking substance, of a bronze-yellow colour. 1881 E. M. Boddy Hist. Salt iv. 34 Those sulphates so prevalent in the..pyritous beds of the Lias. 1938 F. D. Adams Birth & Devel. Geol. Sci. (1954) xi. 416 He..falls into the old error..of attributing these fires to the combustion of beds of coal or pyritous shale occurring interstratified with other beds. 1940 N.Z. Jrnl. Sci. & Technol. 21 3048 The limonitic iron-ores of Collingwood were derived from pyritic minerals in the basal Tertiary conglomerate..the richest belt being close to a rich source of supply in the pyritous conglomerate and a group of pyritous fissures. 1992 Proc. Yorkshire Geol. Soc. 49 49 The skeleton is preserved in a pyritous nodule requiring mechanical preparation. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1741 |
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