Chalcopyrite Definition

kălkə-pīrīt
noun
A bright-yellow mineral, CuFeS2, an important ore of copper; copper iron sulfide.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Chalcopyrite

Noun

Singular:
chalcopyrite
Plural:
chalcopyrites

Origin of Chalcopyrite

  • From the Ancient Greek χαλκός (khalkos, “copper”), and pyrite. Named by Johann Friedrich Henckel 1725.

    From Wiktionary

  • New Latin chalcopyrites Greek khalkos copper pyrites

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Chalcopyrite Sentence Examples

  • The copper is mostly a copper glance passing into chalcopyrite; it is found in fissure veins with granite.

  • From copper-pyrites (chalcopyrite) iron-pyrites is distinguished by its superior hardness and by its paler colour.

  • The presence of copper, nickel and arsenic is possibly due in many cases to traces of kindred minerals, like chalcopyrite, pentlandite and mispickel.

  • The copper probably exists as disseminated chalcopyrite.

  • Blende occurs in metalliferous veins, often in association with galena, also with chalcopyrite, barytes, fluorspar, &c. In oredeposits containing both lead and zinc, such as those filling cavities in the limestones of the north of England and of Missouri, the galena is usually found in the upper part of the deposit, the blende not being reached until the deeper parts are worked.

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