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chalcopyrite Min.|ˌkælkəʊˈpaɪraɪt|
[ad. mod.L. chalcopyrites (in Henckel 1725), f. chalco- + pyrite: probably the χαλκῖτις of Aristotle, and included under the πυρῖτις of Dioscorides, chalcitis and pyrites (in part) of Pliny, pyrites ærosus, aureo colore, flavus, of early mineralogists.]
An important ore of copper, called yellow or copper pyrites, native sulphide of copper and iron.
1835Shepard Min. 123 Chalkopyrite. 1862Dana Man. Geol. §30. 64 Chalcopyrite resembles iron pyrites, but is of a deeper yellow color, much softer, being scratched with a knife. 1869Phillips Vesuv. x. 278 Chalcopyrite..found in ejected blocks. |