Definitions for marcasite

marcasite mar·ca·site

Spelling: [mahr-kuh-sahyt]
IPA: /ˈmɑr kəˌsaɪt/

Marcasite is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 736 anagrams from letters in marcasite (aaceimrst).

Definitions for marcasite

noun

  1. Also called white iron pyrites. a common mineral, iron disulfide, FeS 2 , chemically similar to pyrite but crystallizing in the orthorhombic system.
  2. any of the crystallized forms of iron pyrites, much used in the 18th century for ornaments.
  3. a specimen or ornament of this substance.

Origin of marcasite

1375-1425; late Middle English Medieval Latin marcasīta Arabic marqashīṭā Aramaic marqəshītā

Examples for marcasite

These bracelets and necklaces are fastened by a brooch or pin of brilliants or marcasite.

Nodules of pyrites and of marcasite are common in many clays, sandstones and marls.

It is a noteworthy fact that whilst pyrites has been prepared artificially, marcasite has not.

Even when only a small proportion of mundic, pyrite or marcasite is present, it is highly objectionable for several reasons.

marcasite and pyrrhotite, other iron sulphide minerals, are frequently found with pyrite and are used for the same purposes.

The forehead was painted blue and over the paint was dusted powder of marcasite.

His stones all those of divers colours, white and red carnelian and marcasite, or fire-stone.

marcasite is thus the less stable of the two modifications of iron disulphide.

marcasite occurs under the same conditions as pyrites, but is much less common.

Instead, Lagerfeld explored the darkness of malachite, iron ore, and marcasite.

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