CHALCOPYRITE


Meaning of CHALCOPYRITE in English

/kal'keuh puy"ruyt/ , n.

a very common mineral, copper iron sulfide, CuFeS 2 , occurring in brass-yellow crystals or masses: the most important ore of copper; copper pyrites.

[ 1825-35; CHALCO- + PYRITE ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .