chalcopyrite

English

Chalcopyrite

Etymology

From chalco- (“copper, ore”) +‎ pyrite. Named by Johann Friedrich Henckel 1725.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌkæl.kəˈpaɪˌɹaɪt/

Noun

chalcopyrite (plural chalcopyrites)

1. (mineralogy) A yellow mineral that is a mixed sulfide of copper and iron, with the chemical formula CuFeS₂.

Synonyms

• copper pyrites

Translations

mineral

• Armenian: խալկոպիրիտ (hy) (xalkopirit)
• Catalan: calcopirita f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 黃銅礦 / 黄铜矿 (zh) (huángtóngkuàng)

• Danish: kobberkis c
• Dutch: chalcopyriet n
• Finnish: kuparikiisu
• German: Chalkopyrit m
• Hungarian: kalkopirit
• Italian: calcopirite f
• Polish: chalkopiryt (pl) m
• Portuguese: calcopirita f (Brazil), calcopirite f (Portugal)
• Romanian: calcopirită (ro) f
• Russian: халькопири́т (ru) m (xalʹkopirít)
• Serbo-Croatian: halkopirit (sh)
• Spanish: calcopirita f
• Turkish: kalkopirit

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Chalcopyrite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “chalcopyrite”, in Mindat.org‎^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kal.kɔ.pi.ʁit/

Noun

chalcopyrite f (plural chalcopyrites)

1. chalcopyrite

Further reading

• “chalcopyrite”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.