a bronze-colored, typically magnetic, hexagonal mineral, FeS, usually found with pentlandite; iron sulfide
Origin of pyrrhotite
from Classical Greek pyrrhot?s, redness ( from pyrrhos, flame-colored from pyr, fire) + -itepyrrhotite
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pyrrhotite
also pyr·rho·tine
noun
A brownish-bronze iron sulfide mineral, FeS, characterized by weak magnetic properties and used as an iron ore and in the manufacture of sulfuric acid. Also called magnetic pyrites .
Origin of pyrrhotite
Alteration (influenced by -ite 1) of German Pyrrhotin from Greek purrotēs redness from purros fiery from pūr fire ; see paəw&rlowring; in Indo-European roots.THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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