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Definition of Marcasite
1. n. A sulphide of iron resembling pyrite or common iron pyrites in composition, but differing in form; white iron pyrites.
Definition of Marcasite
1. Noun. (geology) A pale mineral, FeS2. Marcasite is physically and crystallographically distinct from pyrite, although the two have the same chemical composition. ¹
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Definition of Marcasite
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Medical Definition of Marcasite
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Marcasite
Literary usage of Marcasite
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Chemical News and Journal of Industrial Science (1902)
"ON PYRITE AND marcasite.* By HN STOKES. THE object of this paper is to describe
a chemical method by which the native farms of iron disulphide may be ..."
2. Guide to the Mineral Collections in the Illinois State Museum by Illinois State Museum, Alja Robinson Crook (1920)
"marcasite The same chemical composition is ascribed to marcasite as to pyrite,
... marcasite crystallizes in the orthorhombic system and in the holo- ..."
3. The Barite Deposits of Missouri and the Geology of the Barite District by William Arthur Tarr (1918)
"marcasite.—marcasite, now largely changed to limonite and hematite, is common in
the district. As its determination is in part dependent upon its crystal ..."
4. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1905)
"The blende in these districts occurs in sub-Carboniferous limestone, and is
associated with chert, residual clay, cal- cite, pyrite or marcasite and bitumen ..."
5. Rock Minerals: Their Chemical and Physical Characters and Their by Joseph Paxson Iddings (1911)
"Sulphide and arsenide of iron. Other members of this group containing cobalt,
nickel, bismuth, and antimony are not so common. marcasite is iron disulphide, ..."
6. Technology Quarterly and Proceedings of the Society of Arts by Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Society of Arts (1905)
"Magnetic Separation of a Blende-marcasite Concentrate burg, Wisconsin; ...
Pyrite, marcasite, and blende are diamagnetic; blende may be feebly paramagnetic, ..."
7. Zinc and Lead Deposits of the Upper Mississippi Valley by Harry Foster Bain (1907)
"Both blende and galena arc produced and marcasite and pyrite are abundant.
Grant has made some interesting observations on the order of deposition of the ..."
8. A Treatise on Metamorphism by Charles Richard Van Hise (1904)
"Pyrrhotite, pyrite, and marcasite are very widespread accessory minerals, occurring
in rocks of all ages and all kinds. So far as known, these minerals arc ..."
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