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chalcopyrite

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Noun
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chal=co=py=rite

CIDE DICTIONARY

chalcopyriten. [Gr. chalko`s brass + E. pyrite. So named from its color.].
     Copper pyrites, or yellow copper ore; a common ore of copper, containing copper, iron, and sulphur. It occurs massive and in tetragonal crystals of a bright brass yellow color.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

chalcopyrite, n. a yellow mineral of copper-iron sulphide, which is the principal ore of copper.

Etymology
Gk khalkos copper + PYRITE

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