Definition of Pyritous. Meaning of Pyritous. Synonyms of Pyritous

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Definition of Pyritous

Pyritous
Pyritous Pyr"i*tous, a. Pyritic.

Meaning of Pyritous from wikipedia

- copper oxide) and/or copper carbonate in a matrix of red or gray sandstone. Pyritous copper, also known as chalcopyrite, is not known to exist in ores found...
- Held at Manchester September. 1887: 697–698. Seeley, H. G.; 1896; "On a pyritous concretion from the Lias of Whitby which appears to show the external form...
- of rock strata) in Mid Wales. The rock of the formation is made up of pyritous, graptolitic mudstone that is generally black in colour. It weathers to...
- turbidites. Some of the mudstones contain tuff horizons whilst many are pyritous and have been equated with the Clogau Formation which crops out near Harlech...
- interest that dates to the 12th century, when Giraldus Cambrensis noted pyritous shales near Newport. Some of the first published representations of fossils...
- Shale, micaceous, grey to dark grey, locally carbonaceous with calcareous pyritous nodules Protected lagoon or embayment Chert Unit – Chert, black with intercalation...
- interest going back to the 12th century when Giraldus Cambrensis noted pyritous shales near Newport. George Owen in 1603 correctly identified the stratigraphic...