magnetic pyrite
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magnetic pyrite:
see pyrrhotitepyrrhotiteor magnetic pyrites,
bronze-yellow to bronze-red mineral, a sulfide of iron sometimes containing nickel. It tarnishes easily and is somewhat magnetic.
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