"Pyritical" is a word in ENGLISH
Of or pertaining to pyrites; consisting of, or
resembling, pyrites.
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One afternoon, a man was riding in the back of his limousine when he saw two men eating grass by the road side. He ordered his driver to stop and he got out to investigate. "Why are you eating grass?", he asked one man. "We don't have any money for food.", The poor man replied. "Oh, come along with me then." "But sir, I have a wife with two children!" "Bring them along! And you, come with me too!", he said to the other man. "But sir, I have a wife with six children!" The second man answered. "Bring them as well!" They all climbed into the car, which was no easy task, even for a car as large as the limo. Once underway, one of the poor fellows says "sir, you are too kind. Thank you for taking all of us with you." The rich man replied "No, you don't understand, the grass at my home is about three feet tall!"
A variety of pseudomorph which has undergone partial or complete change or substitution of material; -- thus limonite is frequently …
Read the complete definitionA variety of shale or clay slate, containing iron pyrites, the decomposition of which leads to the formation of alum, …
Read the complete definitionAn earth abounding in pyrites, used by the ancients to kill insects, etc., on vines; -- applied by Brongniart to …
Read the complete definitionA mineral of a tin-white color and metallic luster, containing arsenic, sulphur, and iron; -- also called arsenical pyrites and …
Read the complete definitionA sulphide having two atoms of sulphur in the molecule; a disulphide, as in iron pyrites, FeS2; -- less frequently …
Read the complete definitionLumps of pyrites or sulphuret of iron, the color of which is near to that of brass.
Read the complete definitionA thin bed of coal mixed with pyrites or carbonate of lime.
Read the complete definitionCopper pyrites, or yellow copper ore; a common ore of copper, containing copper, iron, and sulphur. It occurs massive and …
Read the complete definitionGreen vitriol, or sulphate of iron; a green crystalline substance, of an astringent taste, used in making ink, in dyeing …
Read the complete definitionIron pyrites, formerly used for striking fire; also, a flint.
Read the complete definitionDecomposed rock, usually reddish or ferruginous (owing to oxidized pyrites), forming the upper part of a metallic vein.
Read the complete definitionA supposed new metallic element. It is said to have been discovered in pyrites, and some other minerals, and to …
Read the complete definitionPowdered copper pyrites used in the amalgamation of ores of silver, as at the Spanish mines of Mexico and South …
Read the complete definitionA sulphide of iron resembling pyrite or common iron pyrites in composition, but differing in form; white iron pyrites.
Read the complete definitionmargába - (Sp. marga, margajita) Pyrites, mispickel; marl.
Read the complete definitionA sulphide of nickel, commonly occurring in delicate capillary crystals, also in incrustations of a bronze yellow; -- sometimes called …
Read the complete definitionArsenical iron pyrites; arsenopyrite.
Read the complete definitionIron pyrites, or arsenical pyrites; -- so called by the Cornish miners.
Read the complete definitionA sulphide containing more sulphur than some other compound of the same elements; as, iron pyrites is a persulphide; -- …
Read the complete definitionOf or pertaining to pyrites. See Pyritic.
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