Chalcophile
(of a chemical element in the earth) having an affinity for sulfur.
a chalcophile element.
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a very common mineral, copper iron sulfide, CuFeS 2 , occurring in brass-yellow crystals or masses: the most important ore of copper; copper pyrites. noun a widely distributed yellow mineral consisting of a sulphide of copper and iron in tetragonal crystalline form: the principal ore of copper. Formula: CuFeS2 Also called copper pyrites chalcopyrite (kāl’kə-pī’rīt’) […]
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- Chaldaic
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