tin pyrites

1. 1.

   a dark grey mineral with a metallic luster that is a source of tin

   Synonymsstannite

   Broadermineral

Questions about tin pyrites

What does tin pyrites mean?

tin pyrites means "a dark grey mineral with a metallic luster that is a source of tin".

What is another word for tin pyrites?

Close synonyms include stannite. 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 tin pyrites a common word?

tin 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.