iron pyrite

collocation in English

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iron
noun
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/aɪən/us
/aɪrn/
a chemical element that is a common greyish-coloured metal. It is strong, used in making steel, and exists in very small amounts ...
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pyrite
noun[U]
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/ˈpaɪ.raɪt/us
/ˈpaɪ.raɪt/
a shiny, yellow mineral containing iron and sulphur, that looks like gold but is ...
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(Definition ofironandpyritefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Yet when the average speaker employs "gold," he or she refers to gold and not (also) toironpyrite.
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Even if you cannot distinguish gold from a super ficially similar substance (say,ironpyrite), when you employ "gold" you refer to gold and not to either-goldor-iron-pyrite.
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This bed ranged from 4in cm to convert48 thick and containedironpyriteas well.
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The gold found in the mine was primarily small veins embedded in white quartz with inclusions ofironpyrite(fool's gold), iron and sulfur.
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Ironpyritewas heaped up and allowed to weather (an example of an early form of heap leaching).
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It used a spring-loaded, serrated steel wheel which rubbed against a piece ofironpyrite, similar to a modern lighter.
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Not all of the residents worked in the mine, some of them were prospectors in search of the gold, silver, copper andironpyrite.
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Mining operations yielded silver, copper, lead, zinc, platinum, nickel, cobalt, tungsten, iron, andironpyrite(fools gold), as well.
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Ironpyriteexposed to air and water decomposes into iron oxides and sulfate.
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Deposits of sulfur,ironpyrite(fool's gold), quartz and other substances are also found around the springs and in their runoff channels.
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However,ironpyriteinclusions may lead to acidic rainwater runoff.
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The group is named for its most common member, pyrite (fool's gold), which is sometimes explicitly distinguished from the group's other members as "ironpyrite".
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As the name implies, the flintlock used flint rather thanironpyrite.
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Ironpyritemosaic mirrors were fashioned by fixing pieces of pyrite together on a thin disc that was usually crafted from slate.
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Sulfur dioxide, generally made by the burning of sulfur orironpyrite(a sulfide ore of iron), is first purified by electrostatic precipitation.
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However, historically (at least), iron sulfide (ironpyrite), though a common iron mineral, has not been used as an ore for the production of iron metal.
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Separating the silver, lead and zinc was further helped by an accidental addition of kerosene and linseed oil which naturally precipitated iron pyrites.
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Amadou was a precious resource to ancient people, allowing them to start a fire by catching sparks from flint struck against iron pyrites.
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The iron pyrites in the clay can heat up when exposed to the air and occasionally ignite the shales.
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