pyrites

noun
🔊/paɪˈraɪtiːz/
🔊/pəˈraɪtiːz/
(British English)
(North American English pyrite
🔊/ˈpaɪraɪt/
🔊/ˈpaɪraɪt/
)
[uncountable]
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  1. a shiny yellow mineral that is made up of sulphur and a metal such as iron硫化矿物
    • iron/copper pyrites黄铁矿;黄铜矿
    Word Originlate Middle English (denoting a mineral used for kindling fire): via Latin from Greek puritēs ‘of fire’, from pur ‘fire’.