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chalcopyrite

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Noun

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chal=co=py=rite

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun chalcopyrite has 1 sense

chalcopyrite(n = noun.substance) copper pyrites - a yellow copper ore (CuFeS2) made up of copper and iron sulfide; Array

is a kind of mineral

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CIDE DICTIONARY

chalcopyrite, n. [Gr. chalko`s brass + E. pyrite. So named from its color.].

Copper pyrites, or yellow copper ore; a common ore of copper, containing copper, iron, and sulphur. It occurs massive and in tetragonal crystals of a bright brass yellow color. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

chalcopyrite, n. a yellow mineral of copper-iron sulphide, which is the principal ore of copper.

Etymology

Gk khalkos copper + PYRITE

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