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Pyrite   /pˈaɪraɪt/   Listen
Pyrite

noun
(pl. pyrites)
1.
A common mineral (iron disulfide) that has a pale yellow color.  Synonyms: fool's gold, iron pyrite.





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"Pyrite" Quotes from Famous Books



... or even excelled his expectation. He had four rooms and a private garden enclosed by a thicket of bamboo. His bathroom walls were slabs of glossy actinolite, inlaid with cinnabar, jade, galena, pyrite and blue malachite, in representations of fantastic birds. His bedroom was a tent thirty feet high. Two walls were dark green fabric; a third was golden rust; the fourth opened upon the ...
— Sjambak • John Holbrook Vance


Words linked to "Pyrite" :   selenium, se, mineral, atomic number 34


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