copper pyrites

copper pyrites

n. See chalcopyrite.

copper pyrites

(ˈpaɪraɪts) n (Minerals) (functioning as singular) another name for chalcopyrite

chal•co•py•rite

(ˌkæl kəˈpaɪ raɪt)

n. a common mineral, copper iron sulfide, CuFeS₂, occurring in brass-yellow crystals or masses: the most important ore of copper; copper pyrites. [1825–35]

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copper pyrites - a yellow copper ore (CuFeS2) made up of copper and iron sulfidechalcopyriteatomic number 29, copper, Cu - a ductile malleable reddish-brown corrosion-resistant diamagnetic metallic element; occurs in various minerals but is the only metal that occurs abundantly in large masses; used as an electrical and thermal conductormineral - solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition