CHALCOPYRITE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does chalcopyrite mean? 

• CHALCOPYRITE (noun)
  The noun CHALCOPYRITE has 1 sense:

1. a yellow copper ore (CuFeS2) made up of copper and iron sulfide

  Familiarity information: CHALCOPYRITE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHALCOPYRITE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

chalcopyrite; copper pyrites

Hypernyms ("chalcopyrite" is a kind of...):

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

Meronyms (substance of "chalcopyrite"):

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)