COPPER PYRITES

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

chalcopyrite; copper pyrites

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Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("copper pyrites" is a kind of...):

mineral (solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition)

Meronyms (substance of "copper pyrites"):

atomic number 29; copper; Cu (a ductile malleable reddish-brown corrosion-resistant diamagnetic metallic element; occurs in various minerals but is the only metal that occurs abundantly in large masses; used as an electrical and thermal conductor)

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