pyritenoun [ U ]
uk/ˈpaɪ.raɪt//ˈpaɪ.raɪt/also pyrites, uk/paɪˈraɪ.tiːz/us/paɪˈraɪ.tiːz/iron pyrite specializeda shiny, yellow mineral containing iron and sulphur, that looks like gold but is not valuable
Synonym
fool's gold
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Geology: mineralogy
- concentrate
- crude
- crystal
- crystalline
- deposit
- fool's gold
- gold dust
- golden
- graphite
- like gold dust idiom
- magnesium
- mica
- mineral
- mineralogist
- mineralogy
- nugget
- seam
- silicate
- silicon