The pyrite output in 1961 was 1.2 million tons, derived mainly from the Hsiang Shan mine in Anhwei and the Ying-te mine in Kwangtung.
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Pyrite
//ˈpaɪˌɹaɪt//
Synonyms for "pyrite" (8 found)
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46 translations across 40 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- πυρίτης noun (mineral iron disulfide)
Armenian
1 entries- պիրիտ noun (mineral iron disulfide)
Bulgarian
1 entries- пири́т noun (mineral iron disulfide)
Catalan
1 entries- pirita noun (mineral iron disulfide)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 黃鐵礦 /黄铁矿 noun (mineral iron disulfide)
Classical Nahuatl
1 entries- petztli noun (mineral iron disulfide)
Corsican
2 entries- pirita noun (mineral iron disulfide)
- pirite noun (mineral iron disulfide)
Czech
1 entries- pyrit noun (mineral iron disulfide)
Danish
2 entries- pyrit noun (mineral iron disulfide)
- svovlkis noun (mineral iron disulfide)
Dutch
1 entries- pyriet noun (mineral iron disulfide)
Esperanto
1 entries- pirito noun (mineral iron disulfide)
Estonian
1 entries- püriit noun (mineral iron disulfide)
Finnish
1 entries- pyriitti noun (mineral iron disulfide)
French
1 entries- pyrite noun (mineral iron disulfide)
Galician
1 entries- pirita noun (mineral iron disulfide)
German
1 entries- Pyrit noun (mineral iron disulfide)
Greek
1 entries- πυρίτης noun (mineral iron disulfide)
Hungarian
1 entries- pirit noun (mineral iron disulfide)
Irish
3 entries- bréagór noun (mineral iron disulfide)
- iarnphirít noun (mineral iron disulfide)
- pirít noun (mineral iron disulfide)
Italian
1 entries- pirite noun (mineral iron disulfide)
Japanese
1 entries- 黄鉄鉱 noun (mineral iron disulfide)
Korean
1 entries- 황철석 noun (mineral iron disulfide)
Latin
1 entries- pyritis noun (mineral iron disulfide)
Latvian
1 entries- pirīts noun (mineral iron disulfide)
Lithuanian
1 entries- piritas noun (mineral iron disulfide)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- svovelkis noun (mineral iron disulfide)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- svovelkis noun (mineral iron disulfide)
Occitan
1 entries- pirita noun (mineral iron disulfide)
Persian
1 entries- پیریت noun (mineral iron disulfide)
Polish
1 entries- piryt noun (mineral iron disulfide)
Portuguese
2 entries- pirita noun (mineral iron disulfide)
- pirite noun (mineral iron disulfide)
Romanian
1 entries- pirită noun (mineral iron disulfide)
Russian
1 entries- пири́т noun (mineral iron disulfide)
Spanish
1 entries- pirita noun (mineral iron disulfide)
Swedish
2 entries- pyrit noun (mineral iron disulfide)
- svavelkis noun (mineral iron disulfide)
Tagalog
1 entries- giginto noun (mineral iron disulfide)
Thai
1 entries- ไพไรต์ noun (mineral iron disulfide)
Turkish
1 entries- pirit noun (mineral iron disulfide)
Uyghur
1 entries- پىرىت noun (mineral iron disulfide)
Uzbek
1 entries- pirit noun (mineral iron disulfide)
Sample sentences
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China's 13 large foreign fertilizer plants ordered a few years ago are all scheduled to be in operation in a year or two.[…]China's biggest pyrite mine (openpit), being built in Yunfu, Kwangtung Province, was near completion.
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Copper diselenide can occur both as a marcasite and a pyrite.
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