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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Chalcopyrite \Chal`co*pyr"ite\, n. [Gr. chalko`s brass + E. pyrite. So named from its color.] (Min.) Copper pyrites, or yellow copper ore; a common ore of copper, containing copper, iron, and sulphur. It occurs massive and in tetragonal crystals of a bright brass yellow color. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: chalcopyrite n : a yellow copper ore (CuFeS2) made up of copper-iron sulfide [syn: {copper pyrites}]
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