'Hair pyrites' definitions:
Definition of 'Hair pyrites'
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- Pyrites \Py*ri"tes\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? fire. See Pyre.] (Min.) A name given to a number of metallic minerals, sulphides of iron, copper, cobalt, nickel, and tin, of a white or yellowish color. [1913 Webster]
- Note: The term was originally applied to the mineral pyrite, or iron pyrites, in allusion to its giving sparks when struck with steel. [1913 Webster]
- Arsenical pyrites, arsenopyrite.
- Auriferous pyrites. See under Auriferous.
- Capillary pyrites, millerite.
- Common pyrites, isometric iron disulphide; pyrite.
- Hair pyrites, millerite.
- Iron pyrites. See Pyrite.
- Magnetic pyrites, pyrrhotite.
- Tin pyrites, stannite.
- White iron pyrites, orthorhombic iron disulphide; marcasite. This includes cockscomb pyrites (a variety of marcasite, named in allusion to its form), spear pyrites, etc.
- Yellow pyrites, or Copper pyrites, the sulphide of copper and iron; chalcopyrite. [1913 Webster] Pyritic
Definition of 'hair pyrites'
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- Millerite \Mil"ler*ite\, n. [From W. H. Miller, of Cambridge, Eng.] (Min.) A sulphide of nickel, commonly occurring in delicate capillary crystals, also in incrustations of a bronze yellow; -- sometimes called hair pyrites. [1913 Webster]