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noun - a common mineral (iron disulfide) that has a pale yellow color
adj - a metallic sulfide [n -S] : PYRITIC, PYRITOUS
PYRITE - The mineral pyrite, or iron pyrite, also known as fool's gold, is an iron sulfide with the chemical formula FeS2 (iron(II) disulfide). Pyrite is cons...
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| Unlike real gold, when heated, fool's gold, or iron this, will smoke & produce a bad odor |
| Pale to brassy yellow, this item, half iron & half sulfur, is sometimes called fool's gold |
| Iron disulfide |
| The sulfur from this mineral, also known as fool's gold, is used to make sulfuric acid |
| Look! Gold! Ha!--Fooled you, it's really this mineral |
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| A brass-colored mineral, FeS2, occurring widely and used as an iron ore and in producing sulfur dioxide for sulfuric acid. Also called fool's gold, iron pyrites. |
| a shiny yellow mineral consisting of iron disulphide and typically occurring as intersecting cubic crystals. |
| a common mineral (iron disulfide) that has a pale yellow color |
| a shiny, yellow mineral containing iron and sulphur, that looks like gold but is not valuable |
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The mineral pyrite, or iron pyrite, also known as fool's gold, is an iron sulfide with the chemical formula FeS2 (iron(II) disulfide). Pyrite is considered the most common of the sulfide minerals. * Pyrite's metallic luster and pale brass-yellow hue give it a superficial resemblance to gold, hence the well-known nickname of fool's gold. The color has also led to the nicknames brass, brazzle, and Brazil, primarily used to refer to pyrite found in coal.The name pyrite is derived from the Greek (pyrits), "of fire" or "in fire", in turn from (pyr), "fire". In ancient Roman times, this name was applied to several types of stone that would create sparks when struck against steel; Pliny the Elder described one of them as being brassy, almost certainly a reference to what we now call pyrite.By Georgius Agricola's time, c. 1550, the term had become a generic term for all of the sulfide minerals.Pyrite is usually found associated with other sulfides or oxides in quartz veins, sedimentary rock, a |