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Definition of Pyrrhotine
1. Noun. A brownish iron sulfide mineral (FeS) having weak magnetic properties.
Definition of Pyrrhotine
1. n. A bronze-colored mineral, of metallic luster. It is a sulphide of iron, and is remarkable for being attracted by the magnet. Called also magnetic pyrites.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pyrrhotine
Literary usage of Pyrrhotine
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Descriptive Catalogue of a Collection of the Economic Minerals of Canada by Geological Survey of Canada (1876)
"pyrrhotine or Magnetic Iron Pyrites. 1. Dalhousie. 0., lot 20, range 2 WJ Morris,
Perth, O. Apatite or Phosphate of Lime. 1 If th RO j Alexander Cowan, ..."
2. The Assayer's Manual: An Abridged Treatise on the Docimastic Examination of Ores by Bruno Kerl (1889)
"... pyrrhotine, with 0.82 per cent. Cu and 1.72 per cent Ki and Co : 2 grammes
are dissolved as above, p. Ill, and the copper is precipitated by ..."
3. International Catalogue of Scientific Literature by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1906)
"La pyrrhotine, ferromagnétique dans le plan magnétique et paramagnétique ...
8498 et Kons, J. Variations thermiques de l'aimantation de la pyrrhotine et de ..."
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