Definitions for pyrrhotite

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pyrrhotite pyr·rho·tite

Spelling: [pir-uh-tahyt]

IPA: /ˈpɪr əˌtaɪt/

Pyrrhotite is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 368 anagrams from letters in pyrrhotite (ehioprrtty).

Definitions for pyrrhotite

noun

1. a common mineral, iron sulfide, approximately FeS but variable because of a partial absence of ferrous ions, occurring in massive and in crystal forms with a bronze color and metallic luster; magnetic pyrites: generally slightly magnetic.

Origin of pyrrhotite

1868; Greek pyrrhót(ēs) redness + -ite¹

Examples for pyrrhotite

The pyritic ores of iron, including marcasite, pyrrhotite and mispickel, are often taken for gold by the inexperienced.

One of the best-known localities is Bodenmais, in Bavaria, where it occurs with pyrrhotite in a granite matrix.

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

pyrrhotite, or magnetic pyrites, is the source of about all the nickel of commerce.

The copper deposits are mainly in well-marked fracture planes in serpentine; the ore is pyrrhotite, with or without chalcopyrite.