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Pyrrhotine

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Noun

1. magnetic pyrites, pyrrhotine, pyrrhotite

a brownish iron sulfide mineral (FeS) having weak magnetic properties

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Pyrrhotine

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noun
a common bronze-coloured magnetic mineral consisting of ferrous sulphide in hexagonal crystalline form. Formula: FeS

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Pyrrhotine

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noun
a bronze-colored, typically magnetic, hexagonal mineral, Fex-1Sx, usually found with pentlandite; iron sulfide

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Pyrrhotine

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n.
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.

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