copper pyrites

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   a yellow copper ore (CuFeS2) made up of copper and iron sulfide

   Synonymschalcopyrite

   Broadermineral

Questions about copper pyrites

What does copper pyrites mean?

copper pyrites means "a yellow copper ore (CuFeS2) made up of copper and iron sulfide".

What is another word for copper pyrites?

Close synonyms include chalcopyrite. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is copper pyrites a common word?

copper pyrites is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.